Fire injury analysis

Taylor, Mark; Appleton, D.; Fielding, J. M.; Oakford, G.

doi:10.1002/fam.3036

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“…Previous research 27 had used a similar analytical framework for analyzing accidental dwelling fire injuries in general, rather than specifically for the elderly. The deprivation measure used was the Indices of Multiple Deprivation decile 28 produced by the UK Office for National Statistics.…”

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Old age and fire injury

Taylor

Francis

Fielding

2023

Journal of Fire Sciences

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Previous studies indicated that the elderly are vulnerable to fire injury. In this article, the nature of such vulnerability in terms of fire injury risk factors including age band, gender, occupancy level, deprivation, mobility, alcohol consumption and attempting to fight the fire is examined in a UK Fire and Rescue Service between April 2011 and April 2022. Fire injury risk was more common the greater the age of the elderly individual, more likely for males up to 74, but more likely for females above that age, possibly due to the greater proportion of females to males above age 74 in the area and time period studied. Elderly fire injuries mainly occurred in single occupancy housing and in more deprived areas. Cooking-related fire injuries accounted for 60.2% of elderly fire injuries, followed by smoking-related fire injuries (14.3%) and heating-related fire injuries (7.2%). Fire fatalities were not included in the analysis.

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Old age and fire injury

Taylor

Francis

Fielding

2023

Journal of Fire Sciences

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A chaos theory view of accidental dwelling fire injuries

Taylor,

Francis,

Fielding

et al. 2024

Fire and Materials

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In this article, we examine a chaos theory view of accidental dwelling fire injuries using data from a UK fire and rescue service over a 10‐year period. Although chaos theory could not predict if or when a fire injury will occur for a given individual, chaos theory provided further information above and beyond the typical statistical analyses undertaken by fire and rescue services in terms of identifying pattern repetitions, interconnectedness of circumstances and sensitivity to initial conditions relating to the circumstances of accidental dwelling fire injuries. Householder behaviours such as attempting to tackle the fire or being under the influence of alcohol or drugs were the most prevalent circumstances relating to fire injury over the period studied. Proportions of smoke/toxic fumes inhalation injuries and injuries sustained attempting to fight the fire compared to the overall numbers of fire injuries per year showed pattern repetition over the period studied. In terms of interconnectedness, although there were roughly equal numbers of male and female fire injuries overall, the likelihood of an alcohol‐/drug‐related fire injury or a fire injury resulting from attempting to put out a fire was strongly connected with the gender of the householder involved.

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An Analysis of Domestic Fire Smoke/Toxic Fumes Inhalation Injuries

2023

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Previous studies indicated that inhalation of smoke and toxic fumes is the most common form of domestic fire injury. In this article we examine the socio-demographic, contributory, and firefighting behaviour factors associated with accidental dwelling fire smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries. In particular, we examine age band, gender, occupancy level, deprivation, alcohol / drug consumption, and attempting to fight a domestic fire in the Merseyside area of North-West England covered by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service over the period 2011 to 2022. Smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries occurred more in single occupancy as opposed to multiple occupancy dwellings by a ratio of 2 to 1 over the period studied. The majority of the accidental dwelling fire smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries occurred in areas with the highest level of deprivation within the area studied. Alcohol / drug consumption was a contributory factor in roughly 14% of the smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries. Smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries sustained attempting to fight the fire constituted roughly 12% of the total number of smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries over the period studied.

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Fire injury analysis

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Old age and fire injury

Old age and fire injury

A chaos theory view of accidental dwelling fire injuries

An Analysis of Domestic Fire Smoke/Toxic Fumes Inhalation Injuries

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