The Decline of Urban Fire Deaths in the U.S. and the Progress in Fire Safety
Urban fires have been a persistent threat throughout history, with major incidents like the Great Chicago Fire and the Bronx fires of the 1970s marking dark chapters in American history. However, fire deaths in U.S. cities have dramatically decreased in recent decades. Since 1980, the per-capita civ... [More info]
"The belief was that #UrbanFires no longer exist, but they’ve come back. “It’s like watching polio return,” he said. “It’s happening repeatedly.”
Popular wisdom, Pyne said, holds that “fire is something that happens once in a while. It’s seasonal. It’s nothing we really have to invest in systematically. It’s just an emergency that we need to be prepared for and then respond to.”
“I think we’re beyond that,” he said."
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