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Targeting Residential Fire Safety. Chris Barber. Protecting lives and property cfa.vic.gov.au. A Disaster in Slow Motion. State of Victoria. A Disaster in Slow Motion. CFA Area Only. Targeting Residential Fire Safety. Major Causes of Home Fires. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Targeting Residential Fire Safety
Chris Barber
Protecting lives and property cfa.vic.gov.au
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A Disaster in Slow Motion
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A Disaster in Slow Motion
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Major Causes of Home Fires
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• Electrical appliances and wiring (24%)• Unattended cooking (19%)• Heating (12%)
– Wood fuelled (8%)• 35% start in the Kitchen• 9% start in the Lounge Room• 9% start in the Bedroom
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What are our key residential fire safety messages?
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Key messages
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• More people die in house fires than bushfire• Only working smoke alarms save lives• Change smoke alarm batteries annually• Test smoke alarms monthly• Clean smoke alarms regularly• Smoke alarms should be replaced after 10
years
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Key messages
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• Never leave cooking unattended• Always use a fire screen in front of an open
fire• Keep clothing, curtains and toys 1 metre
from the heater• Never overload power boards• Clean lint filter on your clothes dryer after
each use
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Key messages
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• Plan and practise your home fire escape plan with your family
• Get out, stay out and call 000 (triple zero)• Crawl low in smoke• Deadlocks may hinder your escape in an
emergency
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A fresh look – factors that increase risk of home fire fatality
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Environmental Factors
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• Living alone• Start in the lounge room• No working smoke alarm
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Fire Agent
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• Smoking caused 41% of fatal fires• Portable heaters 12x more likely to be
involved in fatal fires than other appliances
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Human Factors
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• Over half of all fatalities tested positive for alcohol– 92% of these greater than BAC 0.10
• Over 70 years of age 12x more likely to die in a house fire
• Almost half fatalities were asleep– 85% survivors were awake
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Who’s at risk in my area?
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Six Major Factors?
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1. One2. Two3. Three4. Four5. Five6. Six
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• Two minutes– List all places you can go to target these risk
factors– Ways you can target these risk factors
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Questions????
If we have time…
Thank You