TECHNICAL ISO/TR REPORT 17755 First edition 2014-04-15 Fire safety Overview of national fire statistics practices Sécurite incendie - Apercu général sur les pratiques nationales de collectededonnéessurlesincendies Reference number IS0/TR 17755:2014(E) LSO @IS02014 y IHS under lic 001, User=sharabiani, shahramfs itted without license from IHS 4:50:51 MD IS0/TR17755:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved ity of Alberta/5966844001, User=sharabiani, shahramfs No reproductic networking permitted without license from IHS NotforResale, 04/23/2014 04:50:51MD IS0/TR 17755:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction ..vi 1 Methods of estimation (Questions 1-3) 1.1 Summary comments on methods of estimation .1 1.2 Methods of estimation by country. 1 2 Fires subject to reporting (Question 4) 2.1 Summary comments on fires subject to reporting 3 2.2 Fires subject to reporting by country. .3 3 Fire deaths subject to reporting (Question 5) 3.1 Summary comments on fire deaths subject to reporting ..5 3.2 Fire deaths subject to reporting by country ..6 4 Fire injuries subject to reporting (Question 6) ..8 4.1 Summary comments on fire injuries subject to reporting ..8 4.2 Fire injuries subject to reporting by country ..8 5 Victim characteristics (Question 12) ..10 5.1 Summary comments on victim characteristics. ..10 5.2 Recording of victim characteristics, by country ..10 6 Property damage subject to reporting (Question 7). ..25 6.1 Summary comments on property damage subject to reporting 25 6.2 Property damage subject to reporting by country. 25 7 Other losses subject to reporting (Question 8) .29 7.1 Summary comments on other losses subject to reporting 29 7.2 Other losses subject to reporting by country .29 8 Location of fire (Question 9) .31 8.1 Summary comments on location of fire .31 8.2 Location of fire by country 31 9 Type of construction (Question 11b/first entry) .51 9.1 Summary comments on type of construction 51 9.2 Recording of type of construction, by country 51 10 Other fire characteristics (Question 14) .53 10.1 Summary comments on selected other fire characteristics. .53 10.2 Recording of building height and other building characteristics, by country 53 11 Deliberately set fires and playing with fire (Questions 10a/first entry, 10b, and 10c/ firstentry). .54 11.1 Summary comments on estimation of deliberate fires and fireplay fires. .54 11.2 Recording of deliberate fires and fireplay incidents, by country 12 Natural cause (Questions 10a/second entry) .60 12.1 Summary comments on estimation of natural cause fires .60 12.2 Recording of natural cause fires, by country. ..60 13 Exposure (Questions 10a/third entry) .61 13.1 Summary comments on estimation of exposure fires 61 13.2 Recording of exposure fires, by country 61 14 Heat sources .... Cigarettes and other smoking materials, including lighting implements (Questions 10a/third entry and 10c/second, third, thirteenth and fourteenth entries)...62 14.1 Summary comments on estimation of fires started by cigarettes or other smoking materials, including lighting implements. .62 14.2 Recording of cigarette or other smoking material or lighting implement fires, bycountry .63 iii thout license from IHS 2014 04:50:51 MD