- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Construction Site Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 14, 1-4, 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
- construction | fire statistics | ignition source | fire fighters
- Identifiers
- each year, an estimated 4,800 construction site fires cause $35 million in property loss; firefighters injured in construction fires are twice as likely to be hit or struck by debris and other objects than firefighters at other fire sites; fire incidence at construction sites/complexes increases as the worday progresses; causes of 71% of construction site fires are arson and open flame