- Author
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Highway Vehicle Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
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Topical Fire Research Series,
Vol. 2,
No. 4,
1-2,
July 2001
- Distribution
- For more information about Topical Fire Research Series contact: Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfdc/tfrs.htm AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
- Keywords
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highways
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automobile fires
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automobile accidents
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fire statistics
- Identifiers
- one in every four fire department responses is to a vehicle fire. This does not include the tens of thousands of responses to vehicle accident sites; mechanical or design problems are the leading cause of vehicle fires; electrical wiring and fuel are the leading forms of material ignited in vehicle fires; fires following a collision are the leading cause of vehicle deaths; mechanical and design failures are the leading cause of vehicle injuries, many of which were due to the victim's attempt to control the fire