tailieunhanh - HOME FIRES INVOLVING COOKING EQUIPMENT

Modern office chair design has solved many of the problems of fitting a wide range of different sized people by providing convenient adjustments. The ranges of adjustments should be checked to ensure that they cater as much as possible for the ethnic mix in the workforce involved. For example, to ensure that all people can obtain good back support, the backrest must be sufficiently adjustable in the fore and aft direction. This changes the effective depth of the seat which should be no greater than the buttock to popliteal length. The backrest height should also be. | HOME FIRES INVOLVING COOKING EQUIPMENT John R. Hall Jr. Fire Analysis and Research Division National Fire Protection Association February 2008 National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy MA 02169-7471 Abstract In 2005 an estimated 146 400 . home structure fires involving cooking equipment resulted in 480 civilian deaths 4 690 civilian injuries and 876 million in direct property damage. Ranges with or without ovens account for two-thirds 67 of total reported confined or nonconfined home structure fires involving cooking equipment and even larger shares of associated civilian deaths 85 and civilian injuries 82 . Portable cooking or warming devices had the third largest share of home cooking fires but the second largest share of associated civilian deaths. Keywords Range oven microwave toaster grill frying fryer fire statistics Acknowledgements The National Fire Protection Association thanks all the fire departments and state fire authorities who participate in the National Fire Incident Reporting System NFIRS and the annual NFPA fire experience survey. These firefighters are the original sources of the detailed data that make this analysis possible. Their contributions allow us to estimate the size of the fire problem. We are also grateful to the . Fire Administration for its work in developing coordinating and maintaining NFIRS. For more information about the National Fire Protection Association visit or call 617-770-3000. To learn more about the One-Stop Data Shop go to osds or call 617-984-7450. Copies of this analysis are available from National Fire Protection Association One-Stop Data Shop 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy MA 02169-7471 e-mail osds@ phone 617-984-7450 NFPA No. USS11 Copyright 2008 National Fire Protection Association Quincy MA Executive Summary In 2005 an estimated 146 400 . home structure fires involving cooking equipment resulted in 480 civilian deaths 4 690 .