Reduced frequency and severity of residential fires following delivery of fire prevention education by on-duty fire fighters: Cluster randomized controlled study

Clare, Joseph; Garis, Len; Plecas, Darryl; Jennings, Charles R.

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2012.03.003

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“…Such impairment reduces people's ability to detect the presence of a fire and capability to effectively respond to or escape from fires [11,24,33,9]. Furthermore, the risks of dying in accidental residential fires were closely associated with the social environment in which a host resides, particularly living alone or being home alone at the time of a fire.…”

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Comparative investigation of ‘survival’ and fatality factors in accidental residential fires

Xiong

Bruck

Ball

2015

Fire Safety Journal

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Comparative investigation of ‘survival’ and fatality factors in accidental residential fires

Xiong

Bruck

Ball

2015

Fire Safety Journal

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“…This research provides an additional, contemporary example of the benefits of applying opportunity-based criminological theory to first responder problems that extend beyond the traditional criminal justice players (Clare et al 2012(Clare et al , 2017Wuschke et al 2013). Furthermore, given this clear utility of opportunity/rationality-based explanations of offending to understanding suspicious vehicle fire, this opens the door for the development of strategies to reduce the opportunity for similar fires in the future.…”

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“…Recent research indicates that the trends and patterns of fire events can be usefully explored through theoretical lenses developed and applied within criminology (e.g., Clare et al 2012Clare et al , 2017Corcoran et al 2010Corcoran et al , 2011Grubb and Nobles 2016;Turchan et al 2018;Wuschke et al 2013). This paper contributes to the body of literature exploring the spatial and temporal distribution of fire events by examining vehicle fire patterns through an opportunity theory lens.…”

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Opportunity and rationality as an explanation for suspicious vehicle fires: demonstrating the relevance of time, place, and economic factors

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Opportunity theories of crime emphasize the non-random spatial and temporal patterning of criminal events. Such theoretical development has proven useful when extended beyond traditional applications to crime event data. This study continues to explore the wider utility of such criminological theories by examining the spatio-temporal patterns of vehicle fires through an opportunity lens. Specifically, we explore the patterns associated with different types of vehicle fires, and consider longitudinal socio-economic trends that may influence the perceived costs and benefits associated with crimes committed with the intention of escaping debt, such as vehicle arson. Data for this study were obtained from Surrey Fire Services (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) and contain information about all vehicle fires occurring in Surrey, British Columbia (BC), Canada. Post-fire incident reports were used to group the fire data into non-suspicious and suspicious categories. Both categories were analyzed for local and global spatial clustering, hourly, daily, and monthly temporal patterns, and changes over the study period. Findings indicate that suspicious vehicle fire events concentrate in both space and time, and these patterns are distinct from non-suspicious vehicle fires. Further, suspicious vehicle fires events are significantly related to unemployment and interest rates, whilst non-suspicious vehicle fires are not. These results demonstrate the relevance of opportunity theories of crime to understanding vehicle fire patterns. By extension, this provides an important opportunity to connect such patterns with targeted crime (and fire) prevention policy and practice.

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“…For development of preventive measures, important studies on the impact on the number of urban fires poorly understood factors of the spatial structure of the city, the quality of building materials, even public health and education of the population [18]. The significance of educational work with the population to reduce the frequency and power of fires is also noted by the authors of [19].…”

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Analysis of dynamics of man-made fires in conditions of urbanization in Ukraine

Vasiutinska

Barbashev

2018

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Reduced frequency and severity of residential fires following delivery of fire prevention education by on-duty fire fighters: Cluster randomized controlled study

Cited by 39 publications

References 12 publications

Comparative investigation of ‘survival’ and fatality factors in accidental residential fires

Comparative investigation of ‘survival’ and fatality factors in accidental residential fires

Opportunity and rationality as an explanation for suspicious vehicle fires: demonstrating the relevance of time, place, and economic factors

Analysis of dynamics of man-made fires in conditions of urbanization in Ukraine

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