- Author
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Flynn, J. D.
- Title
- U. S. Structure Fires in Educational Properties.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
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NFPA No. PKG14
August 2007
106 p.
- Keywords
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schools
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fire statistics
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fire departments
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structures
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building fires
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death
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injuries
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costs
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NFPIRS
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urveys
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methodogy
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fire suppesson
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fire alarm system
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heat soures
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damage
- Identifiers
- structure fires in ductiona properties fact sheet; how national estimates statistics are calculated; methodology and defiitions used in 'leading causestables
- Abstract
- In 2002-2005, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 6,560 structure fires in educational properties, annually. These fires caused an annual average of 95 civilian fire injuries and $99 million in direct property damage. There were no civilian fire deaths due to structure fires reported in these properties during this time period. Educational properties include public, private or parochial boarding schools, trade or business schools, and colleges or universities, excluding dormitories, fraternity or sororities houses. Fires in educational properties accounted for 1.3% of all reported structure fires in 2002-2005. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. Fires in these properties peak between 9:00 a.m. and 2:59 p.m. and 1 out of every 5 of these fires were intentionally set. A quarter of the structure fires in educational properties were cooking equipment fires and another 25% were contained trash or rubbish fires.