2016FireFatalitySummaryReport

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1 0FireFatalitySummaryReport CommunityLossEducationandResponse(CLEAR)Team SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal ThesereportfindingsaremadepossiblebytheresearchefortsoftheCLEARTeam.Insomecases,the percentagesmaynotaddto00% duetorounding.ifyouwouldlikemoreinformationoroutreachideas basedonthefindings,pleasecalscstatefire(80) ThisreportversionwasupdatedonAugust,07. Sumter Spartanburg Greenvile 7 Dorchester Wiliamsburg Chesterfield Orangeburg Charleston Darlington Clarendon Lexington Lancaster Anderson Newbery Alendale Marlboro Richland Berkeley Florence Kershaw Beaufort Coleton Pickens Union Dilon Aiken Hory York Lee

2 County Incidents Victims Aiken Alendale Anderson Beaufort Berkeley Charleston Chesterfield Clarendon Coleton Darlington Dilon Dorchester Florence Greenvile Hampton Hory Kershaw Lancaster Lee Lexington Marlboro Newbery Orangeburg Pickens Richland Spartanburg Sumter Union Wiliamsburg York 7 IncidentsandVictimsperCounty % 8% % % AgeofVictims Under Over70 Male Female % % GenderofVictims White Black % 8% RaceofVictims OneVictim MorethanOne Victim 79% % PercentofFatalIncidents InvolvingMorethanOne Fatality 0FireFatalityVictim Profile SingleFamilyDweling MobileHome Vehicle StorageStructure RecreationalVehicle Duplex Commercial(Hotel) % % % % % % 9% WhereareIncidents Happening? In0,therewere77deathsin9incidents.Thevictimsoffatalfireswerereportedin0of counties,withthemostincidentshappeninginanderson,greenvile,orangeburg,and Wiliamsburgcounties.Victimsweremostlymale,and7percentwereolderthantheageof 0.BlackvictimsandWhitevictimswerereportedinnearlyequalnumbers.Mostincidentshad onevictim,althoughnoincidentsthisyearhadmorethantwovictims.victimswerefoundin residences,specificalysinglefamilydwelingsandmobilehomes. SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page

3 ActivityattheTimeofInjury 0FireFatalityVictim Profile % 0% % % Victimsweregeneralyfoundtobeatempting escapewhentheywereinjured.inmostcases, thevictim waspronounceddeceasedatthefire scene.incases(8%),citizensatempted torescuevictims.priortofiredepartment arival,unsafeconditionsdidnotalowfor citizenstoassistthevictim inescaping. % AtemptingFireControl Escape OtherorUnknown Rescue/Retrieval Sleeping Researchintothesecasesshowed88percent ofvictimshadsomefactorthatincreasedtheir riskofperishinginafire,suchasreduced awarenessofthefireorinabilitytoescapefrom thefire.themostcommonfactorsafecting awarenessweresmoking,beingafectedby alcohol,andamobiledisability. DidaCitizenAtemptaRescueofthe Victim? % WastheVictim Transportedtothe Hospital? 8% 8% No,nottransportedto carefacility % Yes,transportedtocare facility How ManyVictimswereAfectedby % % No Yes Unknown N/A SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page

4 0FatalIncidentsProfile Whencausecouldbedetermined,fatalincidentsweremostlikelycausedbyimproperly discardedsmokingmaterialsormalfunctioningorimproperly-usedspaceheaters.heater-related deathsweremoreprevalentduringcoldweatherdays.cookingandweather-relatedincidents happenedintemperaturesgreaterthan0degreesfahrenheit.incidentsoccuredonaldaysof theweek,withanaboveaverageamountonfridayandsaturday.fatalincidentsgeneraly occuredduringovernighthours,from 9p.m.toa.m.,andinDecemberandJanuary. Whatwasthemostprobable causeoffatalincidents? Unknown Smoking Heating Cooking Electrical MVC Weather Suicide 9% % 7% 0% 9% % % % Explosion % Whatistherelationshipbetweenweathertemperatureandfatalincidents? WeatherTemperature VeryCold(Below F) Cold(-0F) Mild(0-70F) Warm (70-80F) Cooking Electrical Explosion Heating MVC Smoking Suicide Unknown Weather 8 8 Hot(Over80F) Whichdayoftheweekdid fatalincidentsoccur? Whichmonthdidfatalincidentsoccur? Whichtimedidfatalincidents occur? % 7% Average=.9% % % FireFatalities % 8% % % FatalFires 0% % % Average=.0% 7% % 9% Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday January February March April May June July August September October November December AM toam AM -AM AM -9AM 9AM topm PM -PM PM -PM PM to9pm 9PM toam SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page

5 0HomeswithFatalIncidentsProfile 0-0Feet 0% How closetoanegresswerevictimsfoundinhomes? -0Feet % Unknown % How didthefire departmentfindthe victim inhomes? Over0Feet % % N/A How oldarehomes? % FireDepartmentSearchandRescue Conditionsnotsuitableforsearch Searchconducted,victim notremoved Searchconducted,victim removed Victim removedpriortofdarival % % % Unknown sqft How largearehomes? 0% 9% 9% OtherorUnknown Owned Rented % Unknown sqft % 9% 8% Over000 Under000 sqft sqft Werehomesrentedorowned? % 0% Nineoutof0fatalfiresoccur inresidences.thesehomes, whicharemostlyowned,tend tobe0-0yearsold,with mostsmalerthan00square feet.whenavictim isfound insidethehome,he/sheis foundwithin0feetofanexit. Becauseofconditions, firefightersareoftenunableto searchforthevictim.ifa housefireoccursitisunlikely thattherearesurvivors,often duetoconditionswhich preventrescuebyfirefighters. Nosurvivors survivor survivors survivors 0% % % Didanyfatalincidentsinhomeshavesurvivors? 79% 0% % % Morethansurvivors % SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page

6 0DetailedFatalityInformation January DateofIncidentCounty Occupancy MostProbableCauseofFire AgeGender Race 0/0/ Greenvile SingleFamilyDweling Smoking Female White 0/0/ Orangeburg SingleFamilyDweling Heating Male White 0/08/ Richland SingleFamilyDweling Heating 7 Female Black 0/0/ Darlington SingleFamilyDweling Heating 0 Male Black 0/9/ Pickens SingleFamilyDweling Heating 8 Female White 0/9/ Coleton SingleFamilyDweling Heating 7 Male Black 0/0/ York SingleFamilyDweling Electrical 7 Male White 0/0/ Union SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Male Black 0// Wiliamsburg MobileHome Heating Male Black February 0/07/ Hory SingleFamilyDweling Smoking 77 Male White 0/9/ Spartanburg SingleFamilyDweling Smoking 9 Male White 0/0/ Florence SingleFamilyDweling Heating Female Black 8 Male Black 0/8/ Anderson SingleFamilyDweling Heating Female White March 0/0/ Hory SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 8 Female White 0// Greenvile Commercial(Hotel) Smoking 9 Male White 0/9/ Lexington SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Female White 0/0/ Wiliamsburg SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Female White 7 Male White 0// Aiken Duplex Smoking 7 Female White April 0/0/ Berkeley RecreationalVehicle Explosion Male White 0/0/ York MobileHome Electrical 8 Male White 0/08/ Beaufort StorageStructure Suicide 7 Male Black 0/9/ Hory MobileHome Smoking 0 Male White SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page

7 May 0/0/ Anderson SingleFamilyDweling Cooking 8 Male White 0// Hampton SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 8 Female Black 0// Sumter MobileHome Electrical Male Black 0// Greenvile SingleFamilyDweling Cooking 0 Male Black Female Black 0/8/ Newbery MobileHome Unknown 8 Male White June 0/0/ Dorchester SingleFamilyDweling Smoking 8 Male Black 0/8/ Wiliamsburg MobileHome Cooking Female Black 0// Lexington Vehicle MVC Male White 0// Aiken SingleFamilyDweling Smoking 9 Male Black July 07/0/ Florence SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 9 Female White 07/0/ Richland SingleFamilyDweling Electrical 8 Female White 07// Orangeburg SingleFamilyDweling Weather Male Black 77 Female Black 07/7/ Greenvile SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 90 Male Black 07/8/ Clarendon SingleFamilyDweling Cooking Female Black 07/8/ Orangeburg SingleFamilyDweling Cooking 0 Female White August 08/0/ Lexington SingleFamilyDweling Suicide Male White 08/0/ Aiken SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 8 Female White 08/08/ Marlboro SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Male White 08/08/ Anderson SingleFamilyDweling Electrical 9 Male Black 08// Greenvile SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 78 Male Black 08/9/ Orangeburg Vehicle MVC 8 Male White 08// Dilon SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 0 Male Black 9 Male Black 08// Pickens MobileHome Smoking 70 Female White 8 Female White 08// Lancaster SingleFamilyDweling Weather Female White SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page

8 September 09/0/ Chesterfield MobileHome Unknown Male White 09/0/ Florence SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 0 Male Black 09// Aiken MobileHome Cooking 8 Female Black 8 Male Black 09// Kershaw Vehicle MVC 7 Male Black Male Black 09// Orangeburg MobileHome Smoking 0 Male Black October 0/0/ Charleston MobileHome Cooking 7 Male Black 0/08/ Anderson SingleFamilyDweling Electrical 7 Male White 0// Anderson MobileHome Smoking Female White 0// Wiliamsburg MobileHome Smoking 9 Male Black 0// Lee SingleFamilyDweling Unknown 7 Male White 0/8/ Sumter MobileHome Smoking 80 Male Black 0/0/ Lexington SingleFamilyDweling Smoking Female White November /09/ Anderson SingleFamilyDweling Smoking 7 Female White /8/ Hory SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Male White December /0/ Wiliamsburg MobileHome Heating Male Black /0/ Kershaw MobileHome Unknown 0 Male White /09/ Alendale MobileHome Unknown 0 Male Black /0/ Richland SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Male Black // Union SingleFamilyDweling Heating Male White // Darlington MobileHome Smoking 0 Female White // Dilon SingleFamilyDweling Unknown Male White // Greenvile SingleFamilyDweling Heating Male Black // Richland SingleFamilyDweling Heating 8 Male Black SouthCarolinaOficeofStateFireMarshal 0FireFatalityReport Page7