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Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables The following US fi re statistics have been provided by Marty Ahrens and John R. Hall Jr. of the Fire Analysis and Research Division, National Fire Protection Association. The statistics in this analysis are national estimates of building fi res reported to U.S. municipal fi re departments and so exclude fi res reported only to federal or state agencies or industrial fi re brigades. The 2007–2011 annual averages in this analysis are projections based on the detailed coded information collected in Version 5.0 of the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS 5.0) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) annual fi re department experience survey. Except for property use and incident type, fi res with unknown or unreported data were allocated proportionally in calculations of national estimates. Casualty and loss projections can be heavily infl uenced by the inclusion or exclusion of one or more unusually serious fi res. Property damage has not been adjusted for infl ation. Fires, civilian deaths and injuries are rounded to the nearest one and direct property damage is rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars (US). The following property type use codes were included: • Public assembly (100–199) • Educational (200–299) • Health care, nursing homes, detention and correction (300–399) • Residential, excluding unclassifi ed (other residential) and one-or two-family homes (420–499). This includes hotels and motels, dormitories, residential board and care or assisted living, and rooming or boarding houses. • Mercantile (500–589) • Offi ce buildings, including banks, veterinary or research offi ces, and post offi ces (590–599) • Laboratories and data centres (629, 635, and 639) © Fire Protection Research Foundation 2015 99 N. White, M. Delichatsios, Fire Hazards of Exterior Wall Assemblies Containing Combustible Components, SpringerBriefs in Fire, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2898-9 100 Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables • Manufacturing or processing (700) • Selected storage properties: Refrigerated warehouses, warehouses, other vehicle storage, general vehicle parking garages, and fi re stations (839, 880, 882, 888, and 891) Note—Building fi res are identifi ed by NFIRS incident type 111. Separate queries were performed for: • Fires starting in or the exterior wall surface area (area of origin code 76), • Fires that did not start on the exterior wall area but the item fi rst ignited was an exterior sidewall covering, surface or fi nish, including eaves (item fi rst ignited code 12); and for • Fires which did not start in the exterior wall or area or with the ignition of exte- rior sidewall covering but fi re spread beyond the object of origin (fi re spread codes 2–5) and the item contributing most to fi re spread was the exterior sidewall covering (item contributing to fl ame spread code 12). Results were summed after unknown or missing data, including extent of fi re spread for the last condition, were allocated. This summed result is taken to repre- sent the total number of exterior wall fi res. Separate queries were performed for four above ground height groupings: • 1–2 stories, • 3–5 stories, • 6–10 stories, and • 11–100 stories. Separate queries were performed for four categories of automatic extinguishing system (AES) presence: • Present [code 1], • Partial system present [code 2], • NFPA adjustment indicating AES presence but the reason for failure was the AES was not in the fi re area [converted to code 8], and • None present [code N] Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables 101 Total Structure Fires in Selected Properties, by Property Use Table A1 Total structure fi res (NFIRS incident type 110–129) in selected occupancies, including fi res with confi ned fi re incident types, non-building structure fi res, and fi res in portable buildings Civilian Civilian Property damage Portion Property use Fires deaths injuries (US$ millions) of total fi res Public assembly 15,374 6 172 $446.2 (9%) Educational 6012 0 90 $105.1 (3%) Institutional 7153 6 182 $59.6 (4%) Residential 121,651 485 4592 $1548.8 (68%) Mercantile 15,198 20 287 $724.8 (9%) Offi ce building 3538 4 40 $112.1 (2%) Laboratory 234 0 10 $22.5 (0%) and Data centre Manufacturing 5742 8 176 $593.2 (3%) or processing Selected storage 2930 8 45 $230.7 (2%) occupancies Total 177,833 537 5595 $3842.9 (100%) Building Fires in Selected Properties that Began on, at or with an Exterior Wall, by Property Use Table A2 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in selected properties in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall, by property use Civilian Civilian Property damage Portion of total Property use Fires deaths injuries (US$ millions) structure fi res Public assembly 706 0 6 $30.8 (5%) Educational 127 0 0 $2.8 (2%) Institutional 94 0 0 $4.6 (1%) Residential 2889 18 133 $197.2 (2%) Mercantile 891 0 5 $31.1 (6%) Offi ce building 210 0 3 $7.6 (6%) Laboratory 5 0 0 $1.5 (2%) and Data centre Manufacturing 120 0 1 $6.3 (2%) or processing Selected storage 303 0 0 $13.1 (10%) occupancies Total 5346 18 148 $295.0 (3%) 102 Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables Building Fires in Which the Area of Origin, Item First Ignited or Item Contributing Most to Flame Spread Was an Exterior Wall with the Different Height Groupings Table A3 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in selected properties 1–2 stories in height in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall, by property use Property damage Property use Fires Civilian deaths Civilian injuries (US$ millions) Public assembly 660 0 5 $26.7 Educational 115 0 0 $2.7 Institutional 79 0 0 $1.6 Residential 1948 17 72 $111.2 Mercantile 828 0 4 $29.9 Offi ce building 187 0 0 $7.2 Laboratory 5 0 0 $1.5 and Data centre Manufacturing 109 0 1 $5.7 or processing Selected storage 295 0 0 $13.0 occupancies Total 4225 17 82 $199.4 Table A4 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in selected properties 3–5 stories in height in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall, by property use Property damage Property use Fires Civilian deaths Civilian injuries (US$ millions) Public assembly 36 0 0 $3.7 Educational 10 0 0 $0.1 Institutional 11 0 0 $3.0 Residential 878 0 60 $82.1 Mercantile 45 0 1 $1.1 Offi ce building 16 0 3 $0.4 Laboratory and 0 0 0 $0.0 Data centre Manufacturing or 9 0 0 $0.6 processing Selected storage 4 0 0 $0.0 occupancies Total 1009 1 64 $91.0 Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables 103 Table A5 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in selected properties 6–10 stories in height in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall, by property use Property damage Property use Fires Civilian deaths Civilian injuries (US$ millions) Public assembly 4 0 0 $0.0 Educational 1 0 0 $0.0 Institutional 2 0 0 $0.0 Residential 24 0 0 $0.4 Mercantile 4 0 0 $0.0 Offi ce building 2 0 0 $0.0 Laboratory and 0 0 0 $0.0 Data centre Manufacturing 0 0 0 $0.0 or processing Selected storage 3 0 0 $0.0 occupancies Total 39 0 0 $0.5 Table A6 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in selected properties 11–100 stories in height in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall, by property use Property damage Property use Fires Civilian deaths Civilian injuries (US$ millions) Public assembly 8 0 1 $0.4 Educational 1 0 0 $0.0 Institutional 2 0 0 $0.0 Residential 39 0 1 $3.5 Mercantile 14 0 0 $0.2 Offi ce building 7 0 0 $0.0 Laboratory 0 0 0 $0.0 and Data centre Manufacturing 2 0 0 $0.0 or processing Selected storage 2 0 0 $0.0 occupancies Total 73 0 1 $4.2 104 Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables Building Fires in Which the Area of Origin, Item First Ignited or Item Contributing Most to Flame Spread Was an Exterior Wall with the Different Height Groupings and Aes Presence Table A7 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in properties of one or two stories in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall and some type of automatic extinguishing system was present (Code 1), by property use Property damage Property use Fires Civilian deaths Civilian injuries (US$ millions) Public assembly 132 0 1 $3.1 Educational 17 0 0 $0.2 Institutional 26 0 0 $0.4 Residential 80 0 3 $2.3 Mercantile 340 0 2 $5.3 Offi ce building 141 0 0 $5.9 Laboratory and 0 0 0 $0.0 Data centre Manufacturing or 28 0 0 $0.6 processing Selected storage 194 0 0 $7.8 occupancies Total 958 0 6 $25.5 Table A8 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in properties of one or two stories in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall and a partial automatic extinguishing system was present (Code 2), by property use Property damage Property use Fires Civilian deaths Civilian injuries (US$ millions) Public assembly 15 0 0 $1.9 Educational 0 0 0 $0.0 Institutional 0 0 0 $0.0 Residential 4 0 0 $1.1 Mercantile 12 0 0 $1.4 Offi ce building 0 0 0 $0.0 Laboratory 0 0 0 $0.0 and Data centre Manufacturing 6 0 0 $0.0 or processing Selected storage 5 0 0 $0.0 occupancies Total 42 0 0 $4.3 Appendix A: US Fire Statistics Tables 105 Table A9 Building fi res (NFIRS incident type 111) in properties of one or two stories in which the area of origin, item fi rst ignited or item contributing most to fl ame spread was an exterior wall and an automatic
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