| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Safety and risk in society series
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Safety and risk in society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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; 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. |
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Comparing Statistics to Past EditionsTrend Data; Cause Categories; Rounding; Differences between NFIRS and NFPA Data; Unreported Fires; ORGANIZATION OF REPORT; End Notes; 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; STRUCTURES AND OTHER PROPERTIES; STRUCTURES; Residential; Overview of All Residential Structures; One- and Two-Family Dwellings. |
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TrendsApartments; 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Fire prevention -- United States.
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Fire prevention. |
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United States. |
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Fires -- United States.
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Fires. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bouchard, Ciro.
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Fortin, Marco.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fire in the United States New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010. 9781607417460 (pbk. : alk. paper) (DLC) 2009034049 |
| ISBN |
9781613246115 ebook |
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1613246110 |
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1607417464 |
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9781607417460 paperback : alkaline paper |
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