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Fire casualties and their relation to fire company response distance and demographic factors

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Fatalities and injuries per structural fire in New York City have been compared by time of day, season, year, construction, region of the city, floor of origin, and occupancy. The relationship between response distance and fire casualties has also been studied.

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  1. Corman, H., et al., “The Fire Fatality File: Codebook and Frequency Counts,” The New York City-Rand Institute; forthcoming.

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    Hope Corman, Edward J. Ignall, Kenneth L. Rider & Anne Stevenson

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Corman, H., Ignall, E.J., Rider, K.L. et al. Fire casualties and their relation to fire company response distance and demographic factors. Fire Technol 12, 193–203 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02624795

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