Fire and the older adult /

Report was developed by the National Fire Data Center, part of the U.S. Fire Administration, and is based on research from a variety of public and private organizations and data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (FIRS), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Census Bureau,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	National Fire Data Center (U.S.), United States. Department of Homeland Security
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, [2006]
Subjects:	Older people > Dwellings > Fires and fire prevention > United States. Long-term care facilities > Fires and fire prevention > United States. Nursing homes > Fires and fire prevention > United States. Safety education, Industrial > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS80531

Table of Contents:

Executive summary
Introduction
Methodology
Trends and characteristics
Fire risk factors to older adults
Long-term care facilities
Home health and hospice care
Risk of fire fatality
Residential fires and older adults
Fire education and prevention.