- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Medical Facilities Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 8, 1-4, October 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
- medical services | fire statistics | building fires | casualties | fire suppression | sprinklers | fire alarm systems
- Identifiers
- estimated 2,500 fires occur each year in medical facilities, resulting in $8.7 million in property loss; injuries per medical facility fire are four times greater than that of all U.S. fires. Two-thirds of injuries are from smoke inhalation; leading cause of medical facility fires is cooking, with the kitchen as the leading area of fire origin; most medical facilities are equipped with smoke alarms or sprinklers or both