Fire in the United States : a reference work on the nation's fire problem / / Ciro Bouchard and Marco Fortin, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (95 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.37/20973
• Soggetto topico: Fire prevention - United States; Fires - United States
• Altri autori: BouchardCiro FortinMarco
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fire in the United States
• ISBN: 1-61324-611-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955726403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Safety and risk in society series.