{"content":[{"text":"Abstract","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.089235,"width":0.06696199999999998,"height":0.019306000000000004}},{"text":"During 2009-2013, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 1,830 structure \n fires in residential board and care facilities or similar properties per year. These fires caused \n annual averages of six civilian deaths, 46 civilian injuries, and $8.4 million in direct property \n damage. Cooking caused 83% of the fires in these properties. The vast majority of fires in these \n properties are small. Only 4% spread beyond the room of origin. Because definitions of these \n properties vary by organization and jurisdiction, a property might be considered board and care \n in one area but not in another.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.120586,"width":0.760036,"height":0.124757}},{"text":"These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) National Fire \n Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) \n annual fire experience survey.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.262433,"width":0.7422300000000001,"height":0.05260699999999996}},{"text":"Keywords: fire statistics, residential board and care fires, assisted living fires","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.329715,"width":0.603311,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Acknowledgements","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.380912,"width":0.16211799999999998,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"The National Fire Protection Association thanks all the fire departments and state fire authorities \n who participate in the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the annual NFPA \n fire experience survey. These firefighters are the original sources of the detailed data that make \n this analysis possible. Their contributions allow us to estimate the size of the fire problem.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.415321,"width":0.758256,"height":0.07248399999999999}},{"text":"We are also grateful to the U.S. Fire Administration for its work in developing, coordinating, and \n maintaining NFIRS.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.502442,"width":0.7627060000000001,"height":0.037636}},{"text":"For more information about the National Fire Protection Association, visit www.nfpa.org or call \n 617-770-3000. To learn more about the One-Stop Data Shop go to www.nfpa.org/osds or call \n 617-984-7451.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.55474,"width":0.7553210000000001,"height":0.05506}},{"text":"Copies of this analysis are available from:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.624876,"width":0.27446999999999994,"height":0.016776000000000013}},{"text":"National Fire Protection Association \n One-Stop Data Shop \n 1 Batterymarch Park \n Quincy, MA 02169-7471 \n www.nfpa.org \n E-mail: osds@nfpa.org \n Phone: 617-984-7451","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.653967,"width":0.23892599999999997,"height":0.10389800000000005}},{"text":"NFPA No. USS40 \n Copyright© 2016, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.772945,"width":0.45316399999999996,"height":0.03132100000000004}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}