- Author
- Hui, M. C. | Tsui, F. S. C. | Luo, M. C.
- Title
- Fire Incident Characteristics of a Densely Populated Oriental Urban City.
- Coporate
- Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd., Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, SAR
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 363-374 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | probability | statistics | fire incidence | fire data | data analysis | statistical data | residential buildings | building fires | injuries | fire fatalities | fire risk | public buildings | death
- Identifiers
- Hong Kong; fire incident statistical data collected by the Hong Kong Fire Services Department for years 1991 to 2001; fire occurrence by building type; number of fires in Hong Kong by premises type (1991-2001); averaged number of fire fatalities and injuries in Hong Kong by type of premises per annum (1991-2001); averaged number of fire fatalities and injuries per fire in Hong Kong by type of premises per annum (1991-2001); relative contribution on cause of fires in shopping arcades, commercial premises and residential buildings