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RESEARCH PRODUCT
University Hospital Fire Disaster — Lessons to Learn
W. F. Dicksubject
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Reports on hospital fire disasters are only rarely published in medical journals, and then only in journals dealing with fire fighting or hospital management. Blumenhagen found only two English language articles published between 1977 and 1987, according to which 24 500 severe events were registered in the USA, equalling three events per institution per year. However, only 30–40% of these events were reported to the fire department. In the USA only 11% of all registered events caused damage amounting to more than US$ 1 000 000.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-01-01 |