Background: This study assessed whether socioeconomic factors affect the rates of
residential fire incidence and fire-related injuries and deaths, and whether children are …

The purpose of this report is to detail the epidemiology and burden of residential fire injuries
and deaths among Canadian children and youth, aged 0 to 19 years for the ten-year period …

Objective A considerable number of Canadians are injured or killed every year as a result of
residential fires. Until recently, the absence of representative national data limited our …

Residential fires, while constituting a small fraction of fire incidents, are responsible for the
majority of civilian fire-related injuries. This study investigates census tract neighborhood …

As urbanization follows social development, the management of urban safety becomes very
important, and the study of urban social security is of great significance. Fire is one of the …

Background. In the United States in 1994, fires claimed 3.75 lives per 100 000 child years
and accounted for 17.3% of all injury deaths in children< 5 years of age. Objectives. To …

Objectives In addition to neighbourhood characteristics encompassing racial composition,
socioeconomic status and housing environments, it was unclear if location characteristics …

Introduction Residential fires account for the majority of burn-related injuries and fatalities.
Established risk factors for burn injury include male gender, racial minority, children and …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of local living circumstances on the level of
childhood burn injuries. STUDY DESIGN/METHOD: This study was an ecological …

Despite the considerable reduction in rates of fire that have been seen in the UK in recent
years analysis of three years of service data from a large UK fire service reveals that there …