Home Fires that Began with Upholstered Furniture
Home Fires that Began with Upholstered Furniture

Author: Marty Ahrens

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13:

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... NFPA estimates that during 2005-2009, upholstered furniture was the item first ignited in an average of 7,040 reported home structure fires per year. (Homes include one- and two-family dwellings, apartments or other multiple family dwellings, and manufactured housing). These fires caused an estimated annual average of 500 civilian deaths, 890 civilian injuries, and $442 million in direct property damage. Upholstered furniture fires started by smoking materials have fallen sharply since 1980, smoking materials remain the leading cause of these fires and associated losses.

Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion with Advantage Access
Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion with Advantage Access

Author: Richard Gann

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2023-05-31

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1284252477

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Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion, Fifth Edition with Navigate Advantage Access is the most current and accurate source of fire behavior information available to firefighters and fire science students today. Readers will develop a thorough understanding of the chemical and physical properties of flammable materials and fire, the combustion process, and the latest in suppression and extinguishment.

Fire Behavior of Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses
Fire Behavior of Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses

Author: John Krasny

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-12-05

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 0080946879

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The flammability of upholstered furniture is a major concern to engineers and others across a wide swath of organizations. This book was written to provide its audience with the science and engineering needed to better understand the combustibility of the products they manufacture, purchase, and try to extinguish. It addresses the science and engineering information needs of public and private sector fire technology personnel, including fire service students and officers, fire investigators, fire protection engineers, government officials; textile, chemical, and furniture industry personnel, or institutional furniture purchasers.

Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion
Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion

Author: Richard Gann

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1284056104

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Based on the National Fire Academy’s Fire Behavior and Combustion model curriculum. Without a comprehensive grasp of how fires start and spread, informed decisions on how to best control and extinguish fires can not be made. Principles of Fire Behavior and Combustion, Fourth Edition will provide readers with a thorough understanding of the chemical and physical properties of flammable materials and fire, the combustion process, and the latest in suppression and extinguishment. The Fourth Edition of this time-tested resource is the most current and accurate source of fire behavior information available to fire science students and on-the-job fire fighters today.

Home Structure Fires that Began with Mattresses and Bedding
Home Structure Fires that Began with Mattresses and Bedding

Author: Ben Evarts

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13:

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Based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA's) annual fire department experience survey, NFPA estimates that during 2005-2009, a mattress or bedding was the item first ignited in an average of 10,260 reported home structure fires per year. These fires caused an estimated annual average of 371 civilian deaths, 1,340 civilian injuries, and $382 million in direct property damage. One-fifth of these fires were started by smoking materials, another fifth were started by someone playing with fire. Mattresses and bedding ranked second among items first ignited in home fire deaths. Half (51%) of these deaths resulted from fires started by smoking materials.