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<br />2/3 offires occurred between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. <br />Table 8 shows that fires in religious and funeral properties were failry evenly distributed <br />between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., with more variation in 1999 than in the 1994-1998 <br />period. Two-thirds of the fIres occurred during this half day. The smallest shares of fires <br />occurred between midnight and 3:00 a.m. The period from 3:00 to 6:00 a.m. was a close <br />second. <br /> <br />The kitchen was the leading area of origin. <br />Table 9 shows that religious and funeral property structure fires started in a wide variety <br />of areas. The kitchen or cooking area was the leading area of origin in both 1999 and the <br />1994-1998 time-period with 12-13% of the fIres. The rank order varied slightly for the <br />other areas. Seven to eight percent started in the sanctuary or assembly area with fIxed <br />seating for 100 or more people; 8% started in the attic or ceiling/roof assembly or <br />concealed space; 7% stated in the heating equipment room, 7% started in a small <br />assembly area for fewer than 100 people; and 7-8% started on the exterior wall surface. <br /> <br />Fire Protection Features <br />in Religious and Funeral Property Structure Fires <br />Reported to Public Fire Departments: <br />1994-1998 Annual Averages <br /> <br />Percent of fIres in buildings with smoke <br />or other fire alarms present <br /> <br />Percent of fIres in buildings having smoke or <br />other fire alarms in which devices were operational <br /> <br />Percent of fires in buildings with operational smoke or <br />other fire alarms (product of fIrst two statistics) <br /> <br />Percent of fires in buildings with automatic suppression system <br /> <br />Deaths per 1,000 fires with automatic suppression <br />system present <br /> <br />Deaths per 1,000 fires with no automatic suppression <br />system present <br /> <br />Reduction in deaths per 1,000 fires when automatic <br />suppression systems were present <br /> <br />Average loss per fire when automatic <br />suppression system was present <br /> <br />Average loss per fire with no automatic suppression system <br /> <br />Reduction in loss per fire when automatic <br />suppression systems were present <br /> <br />Source: National estimates based on NFIRS and NFP A survey. <br /> <br />39.1% <br /> <br />75.1% <br /> <br />29.4% <br /> <br />4.6% <br />0.0 <br /> <br />0.8 <br /> <br />100.0% <br /> <br />$17,210 <br /> <br />$32,276 <br />46.7% <br /> <br />2/5 of these fires occurred in properties with smoke alarms. <br />Thirty-nine percent of the reported structure fires in religious or funeral properties during <br />the 1994-1998 time-period occurred in properties with smoke alanns or other detection <br />equipment. Automatic suppression systems were present in only 4% of these fires. The <br /> <br />Fires in Religious and Funeral Properties, J 2/03 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />NFP A Fire Analysis and Research, Quincy. MA <br />