Residential Fire Safety: An Interdisciplinary Approach

In: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Determinants, Mechanisms and Risk Groups -- Chapter 1: Fire-Related Mortality from a Global Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fire-Related Mortality by Demography -- 3 Fire-Related Mortality by Geographic Distribution -- 4 Fire-Related Mortality by Income Distribution -- 5 Changing Historical Trends -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Fire Fatalities and Fatal Fires - Risk Factors and Risk Groups -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Terminology -- 3 Delimitation -- 4 Early Research -- 5 Age and Sex -- 6 Smoking and Alcohol -- 7 Living Alone or Being Home Alone at the Time of the Fire -- 8 Socio-economic Factors -- 9 Race and Ethnicity -- 10 Urban Versus Rural Residence -- 11 Functional Limitations -- 12 Discussion -- 13 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Residential Fire Injury Pyramid -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Residential Fires Not Attended to by Rescue Services -- 3 Non-fatal Fires Attended to by Rescue Services -- 4 Non-fatal Injurious Residential Fires -- 5 Fatal Residential Fires -- 6 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4: Fire-Related Injury Mechanisms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causes of Death in Residential Fires -- 2.1 Inhalation Injury -- Signs of Inhalation Injury -- Clinical Entities of Inhalation Injuries -- Upper Airway Injury (Above Glottis) -- Lower Airway Injury (Below Glottis) -- Inhalation of Toxic Gases -- 2.2 Smoke -- 2.3 Asphyxia -- 2.4 Acute Irritation -- 2.5 Physical Exposure (Heat) -- 2.6 Physical Exposure (Vision) -- 2.7 Long-Term Effects -- 3 Medical and Biological Factors Affecting Mortality -- 3.1 Carbon Monoxide -- 3.2 Carbon Dioxide -- 3.3 Oxygen Depletion -- 3.4 Hydrogen Cyanide -- 3.5 Asphyxiation Synergy -- 3.6 Irritants -- 3.7 Nitrogen Dioxide -- 3.8 Heat Exposure -- 3.9 (Cutaneous) Burns -- 4 On the Scene -- 4.1 Treatment.