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Fire statistics in the United KingdomThe latest National Statistics and analysis in detail on fires, casualties, and false alarms attended by the Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom were released on Friday 25 November 2011 under the guidance of the UK Statistics Authority. Key points from the publication include: · Smokers' materials, predominantly cigarettes, were the source of ignition in the fires that accounted for 96 of the 268 fatalities in accidental dwelling fires in 2010–11. · Smoke alarms were absent from the fire area in 37 per cent of dwelling fires (16,400 fires). Of the total of 306 dwelling fires fatalities in Great Britain in 2010–11, 112 (37 per cent) of these fatalities were in fires where there was no smoke alarm present, and a further 76 fatalities (25 per cent) where a smoke alarm was present but did not operate. · The proportion of households with a working smoke alarm increased rapidly from 8 per cent in 1988 to 70 per cent in 1994, and has continued to rise in recent years to 86 per cent in 2008. · More than half (51 per cent) of accidental fires in homes arose from cooking. Other common sources of ignition were: electrical appliances (12 per cent), electrical distribution (10 per cent), smokers' materials (7 per cent), and heating appliances (4 per cent). Notes: attend v – уделять внимание, выполнять release v – публиковать account v – объяснять Дата добавления: 2015-09-18 | Просмотры: 554 | Нарушение авторских прав |