- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Agricultural Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 10, 1-3, November 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
- agriculture | fire statistics | costs | fire fatalities | injuries | casualties
- Identifiers
- estimated 20,000 agricultural fires each year result in $102 million in direct property loss' nearly two-thirds of all agricultural fires occur in orchards or crops; agricultural fires peak in the early spring and again in the summer; equipment fires usually involve cars, trucks, or tractors; leading cause of agricultural fires is open flame (candles, matches, bondfires, welding equipment)