Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Elderly People Requires Better Fire Prevention

from Medical news Today:

If you are over seventy years old, your chances of dying in a fire at
home are four times as high as they are for the rest of the population.
It is also a fact that half of all women who die in house fires are 70
or older.

These are among the results of a report from SINTEF
Norwegian Fire Laboratories, which also identifies measures that could
reduce the number of fires, particularly those of electrical origin or
that are due to the inappropriate use of electrical equipment. Taken
together, these are the most frequent causes of fires in Norway.

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