- Title:
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Unintentional Fire-related Childhood Injuries in Auckland Resulting in Hospitalisation or Death
- Date:
- June 2001
- Organisations
- NZFS
- Authors:
- Bridget Kool
- Location:
- New Zealand, New Zealand
Overview
This report provides a brief summary of the literature relating to fire injury among children in developed countries, and to give an overview of unintentional fire-related injury resulting in death or hospitalisation among children aged 0 -14 years in the Auckland region from 1989 to 1998.
The home environment (including yard, outbuildings, and driveway) was the most common place of fire-related injury resulting in death (95 percent) and hospitalisation (93 percent). House fires were responsible for 79 percent of fire deaths and eight percent of hospitalisations. Fires in parked cars accounted for 21 percent of fire deaths, and three percent of hospitalisations. House fire deaths were the leading cause of child fire fatalities in this study, consistent with and international study findings.
