- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Fire in the United States, 1986-1995. Tenth (10th) Edition.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Sponsor
- TriData Corp., Arlington, VA
- Report
- FA 183; 10th Edition, August 1998, 210 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov
- Contract
- EMW-95-C-4717
- Keywords
- fire statistics | fire losses | smoke detectors | sprinklers | arson | costs | methodology | casualties | fire severity | residential buildings | apartments | hotels | fire fighters | death | injuries | wildland fires
- Identifiers
- National Fire Problem; state profiles; firefighter casualties
- Abstract
- This report is designed to arm the fire service and others with a statistical overview of the fire problem that can motivate corrective action. It can also be used to select priorities and help target fire programs, serve as a model for state or local analyses of fire data, and provide a baseline for evaluating programs. This Tenth Edition of Fire in the United States covers the 10-year period from 1986 to 1995, with emphasis on 1995 - the most recent year for which complete data are available at the time of preparation. the primary source of data in this report is the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), but National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) annual survey results and data from the various state agencies responsible for state fire information are also used. This edition of Fire in the United States includes a state-by-state analysis and presentation of state-based residential fire statistics.