Most residential structure fires and associated injuries in the United States and Canada begin with cooking appliances. Of these, the leading cause by far is electric ranges.
This report by the IAFC’s Fire and Life Safety Section:
- Summarizes the characteristics of the home fire problem
- Assesses the potential of various protection technologies to reduce these fire losses
- Details recommendations to reduce these fire losses
Contents include:
- Home structure fires – the leading cause of fire deaths
- Cooking equipment is the leading cause of home fires
- Technologies that can address the cooking fire problem
- Range-top cooking technologies
- Product standards, rules and codes
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission interested in temperature limiting solutions
- Goals, objectives and action plan