Fire Sprinklers Protect Homes - AT RISK Numbers don't lie - More fire deaths occur in homes than anywhere else

摘要

A national survey commissioned by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and conducted in 2008 by Synovate reveals that 79 percent of Americans feel safer from fires at home than in a public building. Yet statistics show that the fire problem in the United States is overwhelmingly a home fire problem. Homes account for about 80 percent of all fire deaths in a typical year and more than 95 percent of all deaths in structure fires in a typical year, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Fire is the largest single cause of property loss in the United States. The NFPA reports $5.7 billion in direct property loss from fire in one- and two-family dwellings. This data suggests any improvements in overall fire safety must be improvements in home fire safety.