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Taylor, MJ, Appleton, D, Fielding, J and Oakford, G (2021) Fire injury analysis. Fire and Materials. ISSN 0308-0501
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Abstract
In this paper we examine unintentional dwelling fire injuries during the period 2006 to 2016 in Merseyside, in the North West of England. Overall, it appeared that deprivation was a significant factor in unintentional fire injuries over the period studied, with 52% of fire injuries occurring in areas with the highest level of deprivation. Males and females appeared equally likely to be injured in an unintentional dwelling fire, however, males were twice as likely to be injured in an alcohol and drug related fire incident, or injured attempting to fight a dwelling fire than females. In terms of the age profile of those injured in unintentional dwelling fires, the group with the highest level of fire injuries was the elderly (29% of injuries), followed by those aged 25 – 45 (28% of injuries), then those aged 45 – 65 (23% of injuries), then young persons (aged up to 24) (20% of injuries).
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| Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Taylor, M, Appleton, D, Fielding, J, Oakford, G. Fire injury analysis. Fire and Materials. 2021; 1- 8. doi:10.1002/fam.3036, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.3036 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0399 Other Chemical Sciences, 0904 Chemical Engineering, 0999 Other Engineering |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management |
| Divisions: | Computer Science & Mathematics |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2021 08:37 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2022 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1002/fam.3036 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15568 |
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