Report: NFPA's "Home and Non-Home Fires Involving Office Equipment"
Author: John R. Hall, Jr.
Issued: January 2012
The topic of this report is home and non-home fires involving office equipment, such as telephones, computers, and related equipment. The report includes statistics by equipment type, factor contributing to ignition, item first ignited and area of origin.
Abstract
In 2005-2009, U.S. municipal fire departments reported 1,480 non-confined structure fires per year involving office equipment, including 750 home fires and 730 non-home fires, with associated annual home losses of seven civilian deaths, 49 civilian injuries and $23 million in direct property damage, and associated annual non-home losses of one civilian death, 16 civilian injuries and $51 million in direct property damage. Computer-related equipment accounted for 76% of the home office equipment fires and 66% of the non-home office equipment fires.
