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Fire in the United States : a reference work on the nation's fire problem /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
c2010.
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| Colección: | Safety and risk in society series.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.