Domestic Fire Hazard in New Zealand

dc.contributor.author	Irwin, K D J	en
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-19T23:48:25Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-19T23:48:25Z
dc.date.issued	1997	en
dc.description.abstract	This report presents features of domestic fires within New Zealand over the period 1986 to 1994 inclusive. It consists of an analysis of the New Zealand Fire Incident Reporting System (FIRS) that the Fire Service completes for every incident it responds to. Areas investigated are the area of fire origin, equipment involved in ignition, form of heat of ignition, type of material first ignited, form of material first ignited, and the ignition factor or cause. Features of the casualties such as their location at the time of injury, activity at time of injury, day of week injured, time of day injured, and age of those injured have been investigated. A literature search of socio-economic features that affect the incidence of domestic fires and the effectiveness of smoke alarms is included.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1173-5996
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8341
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/1667
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Fire Engineering Research Report 97/5	en
dc.relation.isreferencedby	NZCU	en
dc.rights	Copyright K D J Irwin	en
dc.rights.uri	https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses	en
dc.title	Domestic Fire Hazard in New Zealand	en
dc.type	Reports
uc.bibnumber	653967
uc.college	Faculty of Engineering	en

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