- Author
- National Fire Data Center | U.S. Fire Administration | Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Heating Fires in Residential Structures.
- Coporate
- National Fire Data Center, Emmitsburg, MD Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 5, 1-4, January 2001
- Distribution
- For more information or to comment on this paper contact: Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/feedback/
- Keywords
- residential buildings | heating | structures | fire statistics | heat sources | fire fatalities | NFIRS | fireplaces | chimneys | methodology
- Identifiers
- loss measures in residential structures (3-year average); 15-year national trend in heating fires in residential structures (NFIRS data and NFPA Annual Surveys, 1984-1998); leading equipment involved in heating fires (residential structures, 1998 NFIRS data); material ignited in heating fires; leading igition factors in residential heating fires (1996-1998 NFIRS data); heating fires (3-year average, residential structures, 1996-1998 NFIRS data); time of year; central heating units; fixed or portable local heating units; water heaters