- Author
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Miller, D.
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Smith, L.
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Greene, M.
- Title
- Residential Fire Loss Estimates, 1999. U.S. National Estimates of Fires, Deaths, Injuries and Property Losses From Unintentional Fires.
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
- Distribution
- TO DOWNLOAD A COPY GO TO: Website: http://www.cpsc.gov/library/fire99.pdf
- Keywords
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residential buildings
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fire losses
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death
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injuries
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methodology
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heating equipment
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fire statistics
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electrical equipment
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NFIRS
- Identifiers
- fire loss estimates; fire loss trends; National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
- Abstract
- This report presents estimates of product-related fire losses that occurred in U.S. residential structure fires attended by the fire service in 1999. The estimates were derived from data provided by the U.S. Fire Administrations (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Intentional fires, and their associated losses, are excluded from the estimates. All the product categories in the tables, with the exception of smoking materials, are products within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). A major revision to the NFIRS data coding system took effect with 1999 data. For that reason, this document contains estimates for 1999 only and CPSC staff discourages comparisons of 1999 estimates with estimates from earlier year. As in previous years, only selected product-specific estimates are included in the tables. Therefore, the detail may not add to the totals that appear in the headings. Also, it should be noted that some estimates provided in the different sections of the tables overlap. For example, estimates of match and lighter child play losses overlap with the estimates of losses for mattress/bedding and upholstered furniture with open flame ignition. Additional details about the estimates and the data system are included in the Methodology section.