Why some fires grow large

In Sweden about one per cent of fires contribute to 50% of the total costs of fires according to statistics from insurance companies. It is possible that there are both technical and organizational factors that cause some fires to grow large and become more costly because major accidents almost never result from one single cause, but form multiple interrelated casual factors. To be able to reduce the number these fires or the consequences of them it is necessary to study these factors. If more knowledge can be gathered about these factors more cost efficient actions can be taken. In a project, called ”Why do some fires grow large?” are case studies used to study these factors. Swedish Fire Research Board (Brandforsk), Trygg Hansa and NBSG (Swedish NPPs Fire Safety Group) finance the project.

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