From 2008 to 2010, an estimated 194,000 highway vehicle fires occurred in the United States each year resulting in an annual average of approximately 300 deaths, 1,250 injuries and $1.1 billion in property loss. These highway vehicle fires accounted for 14 percent of fires responded to by fire departments across the nation. Highway vehicle fires include fires in passenger road vehicles (e.g., cars, motorcycles and off-road recreational vehicles), freight road transport vehicles (e.g., dump trucks, fire apparatus and tank trucks), and agricultural and construction vehicles. This topical report addresses the characteristics of highway vehicle fires reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) from 2008 to 2010.
Highway Vehicle Fires (2008-2010). Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 13, Issue 11
2013
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Road Transportation , Highway transportation , Motor vehicles , Fires , Automobiles , Fatalities , Fire research , Injuries , Losses , Motorcycles , Passenger vehicles , Property damage , Tables(Data) , Trucks , National Fire Incident Reporting System(NFIRS)
Topical report on highway traffic research
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