NFPA journal : the official magazine of the National Fire Protection Association
Fire and the aging of America
Abstract
Older adults stand out as one of the largest groups in the United States at risk of dying in a fire. What can we do to change this unhappy statistic?
Source and rights
Published by NFPA journal : the official magazine of the National Fire Protection Association, 1991. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Published
- 1991
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- NFPA journal : the official magazine of the National Fire Protection Association
- PubMed
- 10111765
- Added to Prognia
- 16 July 2026




