- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Multiple-Fatality Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 11, 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
- fire fatalities | fire statistics | arson | fire alarm systems | injuries | casualties
- Identifiers
- each year, an average of 450 fires involve multiple civilian deaths; in multiple-fatality fires, more people are likely to die than to be injured; arson is the leading cause in multiple-fatality fires; open flame (candles, matches, lighters) is the leading form of heat of ignition; smoke alarms were not present in 57% of multiple-fatality fires, and they did not operate in another 21% of fires