Taylor, M, Francis, H and Fielding, J (2023) An analysis of domestic fire smoke/toxic fumes inhalation injuries. Fire Technology. ISSN 0015-2684

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Abstract

Previous studies indicated that inhalation of smoke and toxic fumes is the most common form of domestic fire injury. In this article we examine the socio-demographic, contributory, and firefighting behaviour factors associated with accidental dwelling fire smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries. In particular, we examine age band, gender, occupancy level, deprivation, alcohol / drug consumption, and attempting to fight a domestic fire in the Merseyside area of North-West England covered by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service over the period 2011 to 2022. Smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries occurred more in single occupancy as opposed to multiple occupancy dwellings by a ratio of 2 to 1 over the period studied. The majority of the accidental dwelling fire smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries occurred in areas with the highest level of deprivation within the area studied. Alcohol / drug consumption was a contributory factor in roughly 14% of the smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries. Smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries sustained attempting to fight the fire constituted roughly 12% of the total number of smoke / toxic fumes inhalation injuries over the period studied.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	09 Engineering; Civil Engineering
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Computer Science & Mathematics
Publisher:	Springer
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2023 10:53
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2023 11:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1007/s10694-023-01446-z
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19723

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