- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Residential Structure Fire on Agricultural Properties.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 16, 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
- residential buildings | agriculture | costs | fire statistics | injuries | time | ignition | smoke detectors
- Identifiers
- 1,100 residential structure fires that occur each year on agricultural properties are more costly and deadly than the national average; Heating is the leading cause of these fires; nationally, cooking is the leading cause. These properties tend to use of wood stoves, chimneys, and other alternative heating sources to a greater degree than the general population; Smoke alarms were present and operated in only 15% of residential structure fires on agricultural properties-versus 40% nationally in residential structure fires