Home Fire Safety

In: Public Health in the 21st Century

Abstract

Intro -- HOME FIRE SAFETY: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND ISSUES -- HOME FIRE SAFETY: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND ISSUES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: BEHAVIORAL MITIGATION OF COOKING FIRES -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Cooking Fires and Injuries: The Size of the Problem -- Findings by Gender and Age -- Findings Related to Leading Factors in Home Cooking Fires and Losses -- Findings on Program Effectiveness -- Cooking Fire and Burn Prevention Behavioral Mitigation Messages -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. COOKING FIRES AND INJURIES: THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM -- Summary Discussion -- Implications for Behavioral Strategies -- 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF COOKS AND PEOPLE INJURED IN COOKING FIRES -- Summary Discussion -- Implications for Behavioral Strategies -- 3. PATTERNS BY TYPE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT -- Grilling and Outdoor Cooking Fires and Fire Safety -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 4. BEHAVIORS AND TYPES OF COOKING ASSOCIATED WITH COOKING FIRES -- Separating Combustibles from Cooking Heat Sources -- Use of Cooking Equipment for Other than Intended Purpose -- Types of Cooking Associated with Cooking Fires -- Alcohol and Other "Human Factors" Associated with Cooking Fires -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 5. CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTING AND FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 6. SMOKE ALARMS AND FIRE DISCOVERY -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 7. TECHNOLOGY AND COOKING FIRES -- Summary Discussion -- Implications for Behavioral Strategies -- 8. OTHER COOKING, FOOD, AND HOT BEVERAGE BURNS -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- APPENDIX A: HOW NATIONAL ESTIMATES STATISTICS ARE CALCULATED -- Projecting NFIRS to National Estimates -- APPENDIX B: EXISTING EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES RELATED TO CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTING FOR COOKING FIRES