- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Smoke Alarm Performance in Residential Structure Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 15, 1-3, January 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
- smoke detectors | fire statistics | residential buildings | fire losses | costs | fire alarm systems
- Identifiers
- Smoke alarms save lives and money; 38% of residences had an operable alarm during a fire, but these fires accounted for only 8% of total property loss; Only 6% of U.S. homes are not equipped with smoke alarms, yet 40% of residences with fire had no installed alarm; Alarms operate with more frequency in apartments than in one- and two-family homes. The reason may be that professional property managers are generally responsible for maintaining the alarms, not the apartment dwellers; Multiple-fatality fires are less likely to have working smoke alarms