ABSTRACT
The CTIF (Center of Fire Statistics) based in Moscow, analyses the fire statistics of 30-50 countries every year. The combined population of these countries is 1-2 000 000 000 people and their fire services received 25-33 000 000 emergency calls of which 3-4 000 000 were fires (10% of all emergency calls). These fires lead to the deaths of 25-35 000 people every year. The average death rates are about three fire deaths per 100 000 people and one fire death per 100 fires (see Figure 11.2). However, this average conceals a more than 100-fold variation in death rates from country to country. A better indication of typical fire risk is the median fire death rate per 100 000 people by country, which was 1.0 in 2003 and 0.9 in 2004.
