Table 1 Illustration of prerequisites for systems control and actual status regarding fatal and serious injuries from residential fires
Criteria | Fatalities | Serious injuries |
|---|---|---|
Vision/goal | Established by MSB at agency level | Ditto |
Observability/status monitoring | Ongoing data collection and analysis with good quality | Inclusion criteria and monitoring routines are still lacking |
Model | Good problem comprehension on groups at risk, injury mechanisms, and significant risk- and protective factors from recent research The broader system including related actors remains to be modeled | Weak problem comprehension due to lack of research. Injury etiology largely unknown |
Controllability/governance | Major limitations: Lack of effective measures Lack of governing system Obsolete legislation Lack of political support | Ditto |