- Author
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Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- Home Fires Involving Control or Detection Equipment.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
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NFPA No. USS63
May 2008
14 p.
- Keywords
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home fires
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fire statistics
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fire data
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fire suppression
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thermostats
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fire detection systems
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garages
- Identifiers
- garage door opener
- Abstract
- This report provides statistics on home fires involving thermostats, garage door openers, and other control or detection equipment. In 2002-2005, thermostats averaged an estimated 130 nonconfined home structure fires and garage door openers averaged 70. The eight types of control and detection equipment together averaged an estimated 290 reported non-confined home structure fires in 2002-2005. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA's) annual fire department experience survey.