LEADER 03797nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910955726403321 005 20251117090901.0 010 $a1-61324-611-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000044972 035 $a(EBL)3019276 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522624 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12230595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522624 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10539023 035 $a(PQKB)11529804 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3019276 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3019276 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10670841 035 $a(OCoLC)742353650 035 $a(BIP)27327256 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000044972 100 $a20090902d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFire in the United States $ea reference work on the nation's fire problem /$fCiro Bouchard and Marco Fortin, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (95 p.) 225 1 $aSafety and risk in society series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-60741-746-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE NATION'S FIRE PROBLEM -- FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE NATION'S FIRE PROBLEM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- PURPOSE AND SCOPE -- NATIONAL PROBLEM -- REGIONAL AND STATE PROFILES -- RESIDENCES AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- CAUSES OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES -- RACE, AGE, AND GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES -- National Fire Incident Reporting System -- U.S. Fire Departments -- Uses of NFIRS -- METHODOLOGY -- National Estimates -- Unknowns -- Incomplete Loss Reporting -- Adjusted Percentages -- Representativeness of the Sample -- Comparing Statistics to Past Editions -- Trend Data -- Cause Categories -- Rounding -- Differences between NFIRS and NFPA Data -- Unreported Fires -- ORGANIZATION OF REPORT -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 THE NATIONAL FIRE PROBLEM -- THE BROADER CONTEXT -- U.S. Fire Deaths versus Other Nations -- Total Cost of Fire -- FIRE CASUALTIES BY POPULATION GROUP -- State and Regional Profiles -- Gender -- Age -- Race -- KINDS OF PROPERTIES WHERE FIRES OCCUR -- Property Types -- Losses -- CAUSES OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 STRUCTURES AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- STRUCTURES -- Residential -- Overview of All Residential Structures -- One- and Two-Family Dwellings -- Trends -- Apartments -- Trends -- Other Residential Structures -- Trends -- Non-Residential -- Trends -- VEHICLES AND OTHER MOBILE PROPERTIES -- Trends -- Special Data Problems -- OUTSIDE AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- Trends -- Special Data Problems -- End Notes -- APPENDIX A- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NFPA AND NFIRS ESTIMATES -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page. 330 $aThis work is an overview of America's fire problem. The book is designed to arm the fire service and others with information that motivates corrective action, sets priorities, targets specific fire programmes, serves as a model for state and local analysis of fire data, and provides a baseline for evaluating programmes. 410 0$aSafety and risk in society series. 606 $aFire prevention$zUnited States 606 $aFires$zUnited States 615 0$aFire prevention 615 0$aFires 676 $a363.37/20973 701 $aBouchard$b Ciro$01870209 701 $aFortin$b Marco$01870210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955726403321 996 $aFire in the United States$94478590 997 $aUNINA