Fire in Structures

Smoke Inhalation Injuries ● House Fires

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports that every year in the U.S., 4000 people die, and more than 25,000 are injured in fires from New York to the west coast.

Four out of five of those deaths occur in homes, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) also compiles related statistics. Among CDC's other findings are the following:

  • Smoking is the leading cause of fire-related deaths.
  • Alcohol use contributes to about 40% of residential fire fatalities.
  • Most fire victims die from toxic gas or smoke inhalation, rather than from burns per se.
  • Cooking is the primary cause of residential fires.
  • Fire and burn injury costs are about $7.5 billion a year nationwide.
  • Children, elderly, poor, African American, Native American and rural populations are most susceptible to fire injuries and deaths.

Workplace explosions and fires are a frequent cause of death, as reflected in the National Safety Council's report that 327 out of 4200 fire fatalities in 1991 were workplace deaths. When OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) inspects workplaces, it looks for evidence of compliance or noncompliance with OSHA fire safety standards.

Burn Injury Online is provided as a source of knowledge and hope for residential and workplace fire-related injury victims and families of fatal fire accident victims in New York. The burn injury lawyers sponsoring this Web site have cultivated working relationships with top internationally renowned experts who care for and treat burn victims, and with expert forensic engineers who identify the "root-cause" of the burn producing event, including smoke inhalation. These experts and physicians have trained at the most prestigious academic institutions and are held in high esteem by their peers in the scientific community. Lawyers, medical researchers and healthcare providers collaborate to pursue medical and legal remedies for negligence leading to residential and workplace fire-related burn injuries.

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