The report briefly summarizes the findings about success factors for residential fires in Sweden. Three main approaches have been used to investigate residential fires where the consequences have been small, i.e. the fire has been handled by the residents themselves or has self-extinguished. Factors facilitating these events have been identified using insurance statistics, national accident questionnaires and rescue services incident reports in combination with interviews of rescue services personnel. From a sociodemographic point of view no typical residential group can be identified as being more protected or being exposed to significant higher risk. Based on the information from the rescue services interviews an early detection of a fire...
Certain groups (e.g., those of higher age, lower educational attainment, lower income, living alone,...
Several severe fires in structural elements, or so-called “structural fires”, have occurred in Swede...
Accidents occur in the society daily which require the fire service to respond. The fires cause soci...
Success factors are identified for residential fires. Success factors are defined as aspects resulti...
The ability of the fire service to save lives in building fires has a profound impact on planning. H...
The Swedish Board of Fire Research has initiated a pre-study to investigate the possibility to setup...
Introduction Residential fires represent the largest category of fatal fires in Sweden. The purpose ...
This report presents an analysis of three major fires in Sweden. Two of the fires concerns the indus...
About 90 persons die every year in Sweden as a result of residential fires. The decrease has been ve...
This report deals with an evaluation study carried out on the community based accident prevention pr...
The risk of fatal residential fires is known to be differentiated by sociodemographic factors. Howev...
Approximately 80%-90% of all fire-related fatalities take place in residential occupancies. The risk...
Every year, the insurance sector reports 23 000 fire incidents in Sweden. Of these, the fire rescue ...
This report examines the function of the Swedish National Home Guard forces as a support for the civ...
This report provides a detailed study of attic fires that have occurred in Swedish apartment buildin...
Certain groups (e.g., those of higher age, lower educational attainment, lower income, living alone,...
Several severe fires in structural elements, or so-called “structural fires”, have occurred in Swede...
Accidents occur in the society daily which require the fire service to respond. The fires cause soci...
Success factors are identified for residential fires. Success factors are defined as aspects resulti...
The ability of the fire service to save lives in building fires has a profound impact on planning. H...
The Swedish Board of Fire Research has initiated a pre-study to investigate the possibility to setup...
Introduction Residential fires represent the largest category of fatal fires in Sweden. The purpose ...
This report presents an analysis of three major fires in Sweden. Two of the fires concerns the indus...
About 90 persons die every year in Sweden as a result of residential fires. The decrease has been ve...
This report deals with an evaluation study carried out on the community based accident prevention pr...
The risk of fatal residential fires is known to be differentiated by sociodemographic factors. Howev...
Approximately 80%-90% of all fire-related fatalities take place in residential occupancies. The risk...
Every year, the insurance sector reports 23 000 fire incidents in Sweden. Of these, the fire rescue ...
This report examines the function of the Swedish National Home Guard forces as a support for the civ...
This report provides a detailed study of attic fires that have occurred in Swedish apartment buildin...
Certain groups (e.g., those of higher age, lower educational attainment, lower income, living alone,...
Several severe fires in structural elements, or so-called “structural fires”, have occurred in Swede...
Accidents occur in the society daily which require the fire service to respond. The fires cause soci...