This report determines what monetary value can be assigned to express all the tangible and intangible values of a life lost or a life saved due to fire.

Data for 1985 to 1999 from the New Zealand Health Information Service and Accident Compensation Corporation was augmented by New Zealand Fire Service investigation reports and coronial records to identify personal, environmental and fire related factors associated with injury and death of New Zealand adults by fire in the work-place.

This report considers the role of the behaviour of victims (and others) in regard to fire ignition and consequent fatalities in 131 unintentional New Zealand residential fire deaths between 1997—2003.

A methodology is outlined for collating fire fatality data from the Fire Incident Recording System and New Zealand Health Information Service and linking with coroners’ files to provide a comprehensive account of fire-related deaths in New Zealanders aged between 15 and 64 years in domestic fire incidents.

A methodology is outlined for collating fire fatality data from the Fire Incident Recording System and New Zealand Health Information Service and linking with coroners’ files to provide a comprehensive account of fire-related deaths in New Zealanders aged between 15 and 64 years in domestic fire incidents.

A methodology is outlined for collating fire fatality data from the Fire Incident Recording System and New Zealand Health Information Service and linking with coroners’ files to provide a comprehensive account of fire-related deaths in New Zealanders un

A methodology is developed for collating fire fatality data from the Fire Incident Recording System and New Zealand Health Information Service and linking with coroners’ files to provide a comprehensive account of fire-related deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Of the 20 fatal incidents studied, alcohol was found to be a factor in 12 of them.

Fire Incident databases were compared with vehicle accident databases. If an accident involved a fire it was about ten times more likely to involve death than other accidents.

This report indicates that an Interagency Taskforce focusing on the development of a series of joint venture Fire Awareness campaigns (involving the Fire Service, other Government agencies and existing Maori Social Service Providers) will be effective in delivering fire awareness programmes and environmental interventions to Maori.

This report shows the geographic distribution of fatal structural fire incidents in New Zealand from July 1996 to June 1998, at census meshblock and territorial authority level.

The first report to establish a spatial correlation between social and economic deprivation and fire fatalities.