- Author
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U.S. Fire Administration
- Title
- Fire in the United States, 1989-1998. 12th Edition.
- Coporate
- U.S. Fire Administration, Emmitsburg, MD
- Sponsor
- TriData Corp., Arlington, VA
- Report
-
FA-216; 12th Edition,
August 2001,
273 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency Management Agency, Publications Center, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/usfapubs
- Contract
- EME-2000-DO-0396
- Keywords
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fire statistics
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residential buildings
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fire fighters
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casualties
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fire losses
- Identifiers
- national fire problem; residential properties; non-residential properties; firefighter casualties; special topics; state profiles; differences between NFPA and NFIRS estimates; data supporting causes of fire and losses; National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
- Abstract
- Fire departments in the United States respond to an average of 2 million fire calls each year. This fire problem, on a per capita basis, is one of the worst in the industrial world. Thousands of Americans die each year, tens of thousands of people are injured, and property losses reach billions of dollars. There are huge indirect costs of fire as well-temporary lodging, lost business, medical expenses, psychological damage, pets killed, and others. To put this in context, the annual losses from floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters combined in the United States average just a fraction of the casualties from fires. The public, the media, and local governments are generally unaware of the magnitude and seriousness of the fire problem to individuals and their families, to communities, and to the nation. This Twelfth Edition of Fire in the Unites States covers the 10-year period from 1989 to 1998, with emphasis on 1998. The primary source of data is from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).