Comparing the performance of residential fire sprinklers with other life-safety technologies

被引:10
作者
Butry, David T. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
关键词
Economics; Fire sprinklers; Propensity score matching; Cost-effective; LIFESAVING INTERVENTIONS; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; PROPENSITY SCORE; ECONOMETRICS; FATALITIES; PROGRAMS; OUTCOMES; CAUSAL;
D O I
10.1016/j.aap.2012.03.006
中图分类号
TB18 [人体工程学];
学科分类号
1201 ;
摘要
Residential fire sprinklers have long proven themselves as life-safety technologies to the fire service community. Yet, about 1% of all one- and two-family dwelling fires occur in homes protected by sprinklers. It has been argued that measured sprinkler performance has ignored factors confounding the relationship between sprinkler use and performance. In this analysis, sprinkler performance is measured by comparing 'like' structure fires, while conditioning on smoke detection technology and neighborhood housing and socioeconomic conditions, using propensity score matching. Results show that residential fire sprinklers protect occupant and firefighter health and safety, and are comparable to other life-safety technologies. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码:480 / 494
页数:15
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