Home Fires Involving Clothes Dryers Or Washing Machines

Home Fires Involving Clothes Dryers Or Washing Machines
Author: John Raymond Hall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2012
Genre: Clothes dryers
ISBN:

In 2006-2010, there were 16,950 home structure fires per year reported to U.S. fire departments where clothes dryers or washing machines were the equipment involved in ignition, with associated annual losses of 34 civilian deaths, 430 civilian injuries, and $209 million in direct property damage. Dryers alone accounted for 92% of these fires and 87%l of the reported deaths. The leading factor contributing to ignition was failure to clean.

Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment

Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment
Author: Richard B. Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN:

"In 2009-2013, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 56,000 structure fires per year in homes that involved heating equipment. These fires resulted in annual losses of 470 civilian deaths, 1,490 civilian injuries, and $1.0 billion in direct property damage. These homes included one- and two-family homes (including manufactured homes) and apartments (including townhouses and other multi-family dwellings).

Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events

Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events
Author: Francine Amon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 149396559X

This book investigates the feasibility of developing a tool that enables fire departments to estimate the value of their services to a community in terms of environmental and financial impact. This book provides a summary of this effort, which resulted in development of a prototype tool for fire department use. The impact of fire on a community is usually measured in terms of the number of fires, human casualties, and property damage. There are, however, more subtle impacts of fire that are not so easily estimated but contribute to the measure of overall performance of the fire service in protecting a community. While environmental and economic impact assessment methodologies exist as separate systems, they generally require a high level of knowledge that is outside the scope of most fire departments. A relatively simple methodology for estimating the environmental and economic impact of fires helps communities understand the degree to which fire department activities can benefit a community’s environmental and economic well-being. The scope and approach for this prototype tool is explained, including risk assessment, cost benefit analysis, life cycle assessment, integration and implementation, and sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. It includes multiple case studies and offers statistical support for future expansion of the tool. Fire service professionals will find this a useful new approach to presenting value in a community, as well as a method for examining their own financial and environmental plans.

Fire Investigator: Principles and Practice to NFPA 921 and 1033

Fire Investigator: Principles and Practice to NFPA 921 and 1033
Author: International Association of Arson Investigators,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1449657966

Fire Investigator: Principles and Practice updates the resource previously known as User’s Manual for NFPA 921, 2004 Edition. Through a clear, concise presentation, Fire Investigator assists fire investigators in conducting complex fire investigations. Written by talented professional fire investigators from the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), this text covers the entire span of the 2008 Edition of NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations and addresses all of the job performance requirements in the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator. This text is the benchmark for conducting safe and systematic investigations. Key features include: new chapter on Marine Fire Investigations; coverage of the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1033; supported by a complete teaching and learning system. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.