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1、VIIIPartFIRESAFETY41ChapterPrinciplesofFireSafetyEachyear,12,000livesarelostinbuildingfiresinthedren,African-Americans,andtheelderlysufferthegreat-UnitedStates.Anadditional300,000peopleareinjured,estriskinhousefires.Poorresidentsinsmall,wood-oftenseriouslyandpainfully.
2、AccordingtotheNationalframed,single-familyhousesarethemostsusceptibletoFireProtectionAssociation(NFPA),residentialfiresleadfire.Poorpeoplearealsomorelikelytousespaceheatersallothercategoriesofbuildingfires,bothinthenum-andlesslikelytohavesmokedetectors.Wherewood-berofb
3、lazesandthecostofpropertylost.Thelatestframedhousesarelesscommoninpoorcommunities,availablestatisticsshowanannualtotalof407,000res-single-familyhomesarelessregulatedthanmultifamilyidentialfiresintheUnitedStates.Nationwide,therehousingunitsandthesourceofmorefireproblems
4、.weremorethan3500deathsand16,000injuriesfromWhenpeoplearecaughtinafire,theirlungsandresidentialfiresin1999.Annualpropertylossesfromrespiratorypassagesmaybeburnedbyhotairandtheirresidentialfiresamountto$4.5billion.skinseverelydamagedbythermalradiation.SomePoorlydesigned
5、interiors,andinparticulartheirdeathsoccurwhenpaniccausespeopletopush,crowd,materials,havebeenresponsibleformanyliveslost.Theandtrampleothers.Othertimes,panickingpeoplemake1942CocoanutGroveClubfireinBoston,Massachu-irrationaldecisions,likerunningbackintoaburningsetts,ki
6、lled491people,mostfromtoxicfumeinhala-buildingtosavebelongings.tion.Eighty-fourpeopledied(82fromsmokeinhala-Eventhoughwethinkofburnsastheprimaryin-tion)and679wereinjuredattheMGMGrandHoteljuryresultingfromafire,themostcommoncauseoffireinLasVegas,Nevada,in1980.Ofthe52pie
7、cesofdeathbyfireissuffocationorcarbondioxidepoison-evidencethattheNFPAcollectedfromtheMGM,34ingduetothedenseaccumulationofsmoke.Victimsofwereinteriorfinishorfurniturematerials.firesareoftensuffocatedbyairdepletedofoxygenandWetendtobemostawareoffiresinlarge,highpro-full
8、ofpoisonousgases.Normally,oxygenconstitutesfilebuildings.However,peopleinlow-incomeneighbor-about21percentoftheairweb
