- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Fraternity and Sorority House Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 12, 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
- dormitories | fire statistics | colleges | ignition source | fire alarm systems | smoke detectors
- Identifiers
- fires in fraternity and sorority houses are five times more costly on average than those that occur in dormitories; arson is the leading cause of fraternity/sorority house fires; open flame is the next leading cause, with candles playing a major role; fires in fraternity/sorority houses peak when the college or university is in session. fires also peak on weekends; smoke alarms operate nearly twice as often in fraternity/sorority house fires than in all residential structures