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Total cost of fire in Canada: an initial estimate

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/20386274
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SponsorSearch for: National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
FormatText, Technical Report
Physical description142 p.
SubjectFire
Abstract
The total cost of fire to Canada has never been estimated in detail before. It is much larger than most people are likely to realize - on the order of $11 Billion Canadian per year. The base year used in this analysis, 1991, yielded lower than average direct losses, costs for construction and costs for insurance overhead; the total costs were even higher five years ago, and are probably higher today.The major cost components are direct losses ($1.7B), the cost of the fire service ($2.2B), the cost of fire protection in structures ($3.3B), the cost of fire protection in equipment, vehicles and operation ($2.3B), insurance overhead ($0.4B), indirect losses ($0.3B), the attributed value of fire deaths and injuries ($1.2B), and miscellaneous other costs ($0.1B).
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NRC numberNRCC 38941
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NPARC number20386274
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