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

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• 作者：Joseph Clare^a ; ^b ; ^{jclare@surrey.ca}  ; [Author Vitae] ; Len Garis^a ; ^c  ; [Author Vitae] ; Darryl Plecas^c  ; [Author Vitae] ; Charles Jennings^d  ; [Author Vitae]
• 关键词：Fire prevention ; home visits ; public education ; smoke detectors ; cluster controls
• 刊名：Journal of Safety Research
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：108_00224375
• 类别：et
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：43
• 期：2
• 页码：123-128
• 文件大小：220 K

摘要

Introduction

In 2008, Surrey Fire Services, British Columbia, commenced a firefighter-delivered, door-to-door fire-prevention education and smoke alarm examination/installation initiative with the intention of reducing the frequency and severity of residential structure fires in the City of Surrey.

Method

High-risk zones within the city were identified and 18,473 home visits were undertaken across seven temporal delivery cohorts (13.8%of non-apartment dwellings in the city). The frequency and severity of fires pre- and post- the home visit intervention was examined in comparison to randomized high-risk cluster controls.

Results

Overall, the frequency of fires was found to have reduced in the city overall, however, the reduction in the intervention cohorts was significantly larger than for controls. Furthermore, when fires did occur within the intervention cohorts, smoke detectors were activated more frequently and the fires were confined to the object of origin more often post-home visits. No equivalent pattern was observed for the cluster control.

Impact on Industry

On-duty fire fighters can reduce the frequency and severity of residential fires through targeted, door-to-door distribution of fire prevention education in high-risk areas.