Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case

77% of fatal fires in Spain take place in residential buildings, and more than 60% of deaths are people over 65 years old. The collection of fire loss data in Spain is poorly regulated and it does not have homogeneity. This makes it extremely difficult to study the fire problem and the effectiveness...

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Autores: Gil-Rodríguez, B. (Beatriz)|||/items/9dc4ff72-9166-440b-a6cf-2a355c9bb08b, Fernández-Vigil-Iglesias, M. (María)|||/items/ece993f1-5f87-454c-9ab9-ec183317ce8b, Echevarría-Trueba, J. (Juan)|||/items/4e15e908-70d0-4b31-a88f-dd7c1b960cc4
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Fire safety strategies
Elderly people
Residential buildings
Spain
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
title Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
spellingShingle Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
Gil-Rodríguez, B. (Beatriz)|||/items/9dc4ff72-9166-440b-a6cf-2a355c9bb08b
Fire safety strategies
Elderly people
Residential buildings
Spain
title_short Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
title_full Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
title_fullStr Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
title_full_unstemmed Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
title_sort Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gil-Rodríguez, B. (Beatriz)|||/items/9dc4ff72-9166-440b-a6cf-2a355c9bb08b
Fernández-Vigil-Iglesias, M. (María)|||/items/ece993f1-5f87-454c-9ab9-ec183317ce8b
Echevarría-Trueba, J. (Juan)|||/items/4e15e908-70d0-4b31-a88f-dd7c1b960cc4
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Fernández-Vigil-Iglesias, M. (María)|||/items/ece993f1-5f87-454c-9ab9-ec183317ce8b
Echevarría-Trueba, J. (Juan)|||/items/4e15e908-70d0-4b31-a88f-dd7c1b960cc4
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Echevarría-Trueba, J. (Juan)|||/items/4e15e908-70d0-4b31-a88f-dd7c1b960cc4
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Elderly people
Residential buildings
Spain
topic Fire safety strategies
Elderly people
Residential buildings
Spain
description 77% of fatal fires in Spain take place in residential buildings, and more than 60% of deaths are people over 65 years old. The collection of fire loss data in Spain is poorly regulated and it does not have homogeneity. This makes it extremely difficult to study the fire problem and the effectiveness of different safety strategies in general, and more specifically with relation to vulnerable groups, such as the elderly. As first step to assess the measures aimed to reduce mortality in residential buildings, a methodology for collecting fire data has been developed, based on information extracted from the media. Information on 289 fatal dwelling fires has been systematically analyzed in order to identify the prevention and protection strategies more effective to prevent fire deaths. Among the identified measures, they stand out the installation of fire detection and alarm systems in residential buildings, which is not required by law at the present time, and the installation of automatic extinguishing systems, such as household sprinklers. The use of safe heating systems, avoiding old and bad-maintained portable heaters, is a particularly useful prevention strategy for the elderly people.
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