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Fire loss in the United States 2008

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24500‎$a‎Fire loss in the United States 2008‎$c‎Michael J. Karter
260  ‎$a‎Quincy, MA‎$b‎National Fire Protection Association, Fire Analysis and Research Division‎$c‎2009
520  ‎$a‎U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,451,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,320 civilian fire fatalities, 16,705 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $15,478,000,000 in direct property loss. (The direct property loss includes the California Wildfires 2008 with an estimated property loss of $1,400,000,000.) There was a civilian fire death every 158 minutes and a civilian fire injury every 31 minutes in 2008. Home fires caused 2,755, or 83%, of the civilian fire deaths. Fires accounted for six percent of the 25,252,500 total calls. Nine percent of the calls were false alarms; sixty-two percent of the calls were for aid such as EMS
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080620424‎$a‎Seguridad contra incendios
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080562342‎$a‎Estadísticas
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080608613‎$a‎Siniestros de incendio
651 1‎$0‎MAPA20080638337‎$a‎Estados Unidos
7102 ‎$0‎MAPA20090035805‎$a‎National Fire Protection Association‎$b‎Fire Analysis and Research Division