Deprivation and Accidental Dwelling Fires in the Greater Manchester Area Between 2013–2014 and 2023–2024

Taylor, M ORCID: 0000-0002-5647-426X, Dean, E, Fielding, J, Lyon, R ORCID: 0000-0003-3776-2087 and Kwasnica, V (2026) Deprivation and Accidental Dwelling Fires in the Greater Manchester Area Between 2013–2014 and 2023–2024. Fire and Materials, 50 (4). pp. 410-418. ISSN 0308-0501

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Abstract

In this article, the relationship between the level of deprivation, measured by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation decile (IMD decile) determined by the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the number of different types of accidental dwelling fires (ADFs) in populations across the different IMD deciles is examined. Data concerning the different types of ADFs categorised by the source of ignition of the fire from Greater Manchester between 2013–2014 and 2023–2024 were used for the analysis. Overall, there was a strong and statistically significant level of correlation (0.97, p < 0.001) between the level of deprivation and the overall number of ADFs per 10 000 population in the 2019 IMD deciles and across all the different types of ADFs (e.g., cooking, smoking-related and heating fires). In particular, the ratio of accidental dwelling smoking-related fires per 100 000 population in IMD 1 deciles (most deprived) to IMD 10 deciles (least deprived) in Greater Manchester over the period studied was 8.4–1.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	accidental dwelling fires; analysis; deprivation; fire prevention; statistics; 40 Engineering; 3403 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry; 4016 Materials Engineering; 34 Chemical Sciences; 0399 Other Chemical Sciences; 0904 Chemical Engineering; 0999 Other Engineering; Polymers; 3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry; 4016 Materials engineering
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Divisions:	Computer Science and Mathematics
Publisher:	Wiley
Date of acceptance:	7 March 2026
Date of first compliant Open Access:	27 May 2026
Date Deposited:	27 May 2026 08:13
Last Modified:	27 May 2026 08:13
DOI or ID number:	10.1002/fam.70062
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28663

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