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| כותר |
Fire in the United States [electronic resource] : a reference work on the nation's fire problem / Ciro Bouchard and Marco Fortin, editors. |
|---|---|
| מהדורה |
1st ed. |
| מוציא לאור |
New York : Nova Science Publishers |
| שנה |
c2010 |
| הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
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. |
| סדרה |
Safety and risk in society series |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (95 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| מספר מערכת |
997010706176705171 |
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