Fire risks series: fire risks for the older adult

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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

This report investigates the nature of the fire problem faced by older adults in the United States. It also describes the characteristics of the elderly that expose this subset of the population as a disproportionately high fire risk.

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Hazards Wildfire

Themes Inclusion

Country and region United States of America

Number of pages

31 p.

Publication year

1999

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