How the science of injury prevention contributes to advancing home fire safety in the USA: successes and opportunities

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. i7-i13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea C Gielen ◽  
Shannon Frattaroli ◽  
Keshia M Pollack ◽  
Corinne Peek-Asa ◽  
Jingzhen G Yang
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Smoke Alarms ◽  
Community Risk ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Control Research ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Reduction Methods ◽  
Community Environments

BackgroundIn the decades since the landmark report-America Burning-was published in 1973, the number of home fire deaths has shrunk from >5500 per year to 2650 in 2015. This paper: (1) describes how science and practice in injury prevention and fire and life safety contributed to successful interventions, and (2) identifies emerging strategies and future opportunities to prevent home fire-related deaths.MethodsThe aims are addressed through the lens of population health research, with a focus on the work of selected Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded Injury Control Research Centers. Results are organised using the Haddon Matrix and an ecological model.ResultsWe found evidence to support interventions that address all components of both the matrix and the model, including: reduced ignition propensity cigarettes, stop smoking campaigns, housing codes, residential sprinkler systems, smoke alarms, community risk reduction, school-based educational programmes, and fire and burn response systems. Future reductions are likely to come from enhancing residential sprinkler and smoke alarm technology, and increasing their utilisation; expanding the use of community risk reduction methods; and implementing new technological solutions. Despite the successes, substantial disparities in home fire death rates remain, reflecting underlying social determinants of health.ConclusionMost of the evidence-supported interventions were focused on changing the policy and community environments to prevent home fires and reduce injury when a fire occurs. Future prevention efforts should give high priority to addressing the continued disparities in home fire deaths.

It’s not the batteries! Smoke alarm presence and functionality 5-7 years post installation of sealed lithium battery alarms

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Shields ◽  
Elise Omaki ◽  
Joel Villalba ◽  
Andrea Gielen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Lithium Batteries ◽  
Lithium Battery ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Smoke Alarm ◽  
Smoke Alarms ◽  
Community Risk ◽  
Long Life

Abstract Smoke alarms with lithium batteries have been marketed as long life or “10 Year Alarms.” Previous work has drawn into question the actual term of functionality for lithium battery alarms. This paper reports on observed smoke alarm presence and functionality in a sample of 158 homes which had participated in a fire department smoke alarm installation program 5-7 years prior to the observations. A total of 394 alarms were originally installed in the 158 homes that completed the revisit. At the time of the revisit, 214 of those alarms were working (54%), 26 were non-working (7%), and 154 were missing (39%). Of the 158 homes that completed the revisit, n=62 (39%) had all their originally installed project alarms up at working at the revisit. Respondents who reported owning their homes and who reported living in their home for 6 or more years were significantly more likely than renters and those living in their homes for 5 or fewer years were more likely to maintain all of their project alarms. Smoke alarm installation programs should consider revisiting homes within 5-7 years post installation to inspect and replace any missing or non-functioning alarms. We recommend programs conducting community risk reduction programs track and plan installations and revisits to improve smoke alarm coverage.

scholarly journals Risk Reduction Methods for Managing the Development of Regional Electric Power Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Kozhevnikov ◽  
Lazar Gitelman ◽  
Elena Magaril ◽  
Romen Magaril ◽  
Alexandra Aristova
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Reduction Methods

Interface Risk Reduction in an Integrated SURF-SPS Scope Execution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemant Priyadarshi ◽  
Daniel Nickel ◽  
Seban Jose
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Comparison ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Execution Model ◽  
Execution Models

Abstract The paper provides a detailed estimation of the interfaces that exist in a split SURF-SPS execution model and provides a qualitative comparison to an integrated SURF-SPS execution model. A comprehensive matrix of dependencies between SURF and SPS is presented and is categorized into engineering, procurement, construction/fabrication and installation work packages. The matrix is used to illustrate the exact scope dependencies and thus, the sources of interfaces. A hypothetical greenfield development has been assumed to develop the interface matrix and to use it for comparison of the two execution models. The comparison also reveals how interfaces are naturally eliminated in an integrated SURF-SPS execution model. In each of the workstreams (E-P-C-I), top risks have been identified and monetary liability estimates for those risks have been provided. By transfer of these risks from company to contractor, monetary liability gets transferred to the contractor, thus, resulting in significant savings for operating companies. The following tangible results are provided in the paper: a) % of interface(s) reduced in the E-P-C-I areas; b) Risk reduction in monetary terms for operators – estimated values. This paper justifies the fact that there is a significant interface scope and risk reduction for operators, if they adopt an integrated SURF-SPS execution model.

scholarly journals Enhancing resilience to coastal flooding from severe storms in the USA: international lessons

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1357-1373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren M. Lumbroso ◽  
Natalie R. Suckall ◽  
Robert J. Nicholls ◽  
Kathleen D. White
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Coastal Flooding ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract. Recent events in the USA have highlighted a lack of resilience in the coastal population to coastal flooding, especially amongst disadvantaged and isolated communities. Some low-income countries, such as Cuba and Bangladesh, have made significant progress towards transformed societies that are more resilient to the impacts of cyclones and coastal flooding. To understand how this has come about, a systematic review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature related to resilience of communities to coastal flooding was undertaken in both countries. In both Cuba and Bangladesh the trust between national and local authorities, community leaders and civil society is high. As a consequence evacuation warnings are generally followed and communities are well prepared. As a result over the past 25 years in Bangladesh the number of deaths directly related to cyclones and coastal flooding has decreased, despite an increase of almost 50 % in the number of people exposed to these hazards. In Cuba, over the course of eight hurricanes between 2003 and 2011, the normalized number of deaths related to cyclones and coastal floods was an order of magnitude less than in the USA. In low-income countries, warning systems and effective shelter/evacuation systems, combined with high levels of disaster risk-reduction education and social cohesion, coupled with trust between government authorities and vulnerable communities can help to increase resilience to coastal hazards and tropical cyclones. In the USA, transferable lessons include improving communication and the awareness of the risk posed by coastal surges, mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into the education system and building trusted community networks to help isolated and disadvantaged communities, and improve community resilience.

Consumer Rankings of Risk Reduction Methods

1971 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Roselius
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Reduction Methods ◽  
Research Findings

When a buyer perceives risk in a purchase he can pursue different strategies of risk resolution. This article presents research findings which indicate that consumers have preferences for different methods of risk reduction associated with various types of loss.

Constraints by Experimental Data for Modeling of Radionuclide Release from Spent Fuel

1989 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Grambow ◽  
L.O. Werme ◽  
R.S. Forsyth ◽  
J. Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Product Layer ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Oxidant Production ◽  
Release Data ◽  
Radionuclide Release

ABSTRACTComparison of spent fuel corrosion data from nuclear waste management projects in Canada, Sweden and the USA strongly suggests that the release of 90Sr to the leachant can be used as a measure of the degradation (oxidation/dissolution) of the fuel matrix. A surprisingly quantitative similarity in the 90 Sr release data for fuel of various types (BWR, PWR, Candu), linear power ratings and burnups leached under oxic conditions was observed in the comparison. After 1000 days of leachant contact, static or sequential, the fractional release rates for 90Sr (and for cesium nuclides) were of the order of 10−7/d.The rate of spent fuel degradation (alteration) under oxic conditions can be considered to be controlled either by the growth rates of secondary alteration products, by oxygen diffusion through a product layer, by the rate of formation of radiolytic oxidants or by solubility-controlled dissolution of the matrix. These processes are discussed. Methods for determining upper limits for long-term 90Sr release, and hence fuel degradation, have been derived from the experimental data and consideration of radiolytic oxidant production.

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