- Author
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Zdep, S. M.
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Kilkenny, M. J.
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McGowan, J.
- Title
- National Sample Survey of Unreported Residential Fires, 1984. Final Technical Report.
- Coporate
- Audits & Surveys, Princeton, NJ
- Sponsor
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
- Report
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Final Technical Report
June 13, 1985
104 p.
- Contract
- C-83-1239
- Keywords
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building fires
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residential buildings
- Abstract
- This research was designed to gather data on the extent and nature of unreported, residential fires in the U.S. Data on reported fires are currently gathered annually among a sample of fire departments by the National Fire Protection Association and among states participating in the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). A systematic attempt to gather data on unreported fires, however, has not been made since 1974. Since widespread use of residential fire/smoke detectors has occurred in recent years, it was considered important to determine if a corresponding increase in the number of unreported fires has also occurred, possibly due to early detection, thereby enabling household members to extinguish residential fires without outside assistance.