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Statistics of Current Events Caused by Kitchen Fires 

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Statistics of Current Events Caused by Kitchen Fires 

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This article shows different statistics and specific events on different types of kitchen fires. Including grill fires, home cooking fires, and fires caused by cooking equipment.

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In 2010-2014, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 166,100 home structure fires that involved cooking equipment per year. These fires caused an average of 480 civilian fire deaths, 5,540 civilian fire injuries, and $1.1 billion in direct property damage.

NFPA offers a wealth of great reports and statistics related to cooking fires and safety, and related issues.
Cooking by the numbers (Based on 2010-2014 annual averages)

Two-thirds (66%) of home cooking fires started with the ignition of food or other cooking materials.

Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of these fires, but these incidents accounted for 18% of the cooking fire deaths.

Ranges accounted for the largest share (62%) of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%.

More than half (55%) of reported non-fatal home cooking fire injuries occurred when the victims tried to fight the fire themselves.

NFPA report: Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment
November 2016
Analysis of patterns and trends in all measures of fire loss for all types of home cooking equipment and all fuel and power types, including leading causes of ignition and analysis of relative risks. Also provides safety tips and published home cooking fire incidents.

NFPA report: Selected Published Incidents Involving Grills (PDF, 607 KB)
May 2007; Revised 2012
This report includes articles from NFPA publications about fires involving grills. Included are short articles from the "Firewatch" or "Bi-monthly" columns in NFPA Journal or it predecessor Fire Journal and incidents from either the large-loss fires report or catastrophic fires report. If available, investigation reports or NFPA Alert Bulletins are included and provide detailed information about the fires.

Research Foundation report: Development of Standardized Cooking Fires for Evaluation of Prevention Technologies
Beginning in 2010, the Foundation began a program to review the potential effectiveness of various technologies potentially capable of preventing cooking range top fires. A workshop conducted as part of that project considered the emergence of commercial products on the market and identified the need to develop standardized tests and criteria to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of such devices. This report summarizes and analyzes the results of two live fire test series conducted to form the basis for such a test protocol.

Holiday cooking

In 2013, Thanksgiving was the peak day for home cooking fires, followed by Christmas Day and Christmas Eve.

Source: Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment, November 2016

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Reports and statistics about cooking fires and safety

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NFPA offers a wealth of great reports and statistics related to cooking fires and safety, and related issues. Cooking by the numbers (Based on 2010-2014 annual averages) Two-thirds (66%) of home cooking fires started with the ignition of food or other cooking materials.

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Popular SA restaurant sustains significant damage during electrical fire

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Women Suffering After An Electrical Shock In the Kitchen 

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Women Suffering After An Electrical Shock In the Kitchen 

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A woman in England was preparing meals in a restaurant when she was electrocuted by an oven and sent off to the emergency room.

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An investigation has been launched after a school dinner lady suffered a severe electric shock.

The woman was working in the kitchen at Bowker Vale Primary in Crumpsall.

She was preparing meals at the Middleton Road site when she received an electric shock from an oven.

The woman was taken to North Manchester General Hospital for treatment following the incident, on Wednesday last week.

One source said: "The kitchen was only refurbished in the summer. The lady was using an oven on Wednesday morning when she got the electric shock. She was in a bad way as he blood pressure went very high.

"The lady was visited in hospital by two council officials and I understand the council and health and safety have launched an investigation."

It is understood the kitchen was initially closed for several days.

Bowker Vale is a large, two form entry, successful community school catering for around 450 pupils aged from 3 to 11 years.

In its last Ofsted report in January 2012 it was judged to be 'good'.

A Manchester council spokesperson said: "An incident last week involving a staff member in the school kitchen is being investigated. The kitchen remains open as usual and the children haven't been affected."

The school declined to comment.

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Dinner lady suffers severe electric shock in school kitchen

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An investigation has been launched after a school dinner lady suffered a severe electric shock. The woman was working in the kitchen at Bowker Vale Primary in Crumpsall. She was preparing meals at the Middleton Road site when she received an electric shock from an oven.

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Connie Paull, Taylor Schmitt, Avery Macesich, Jamie York

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                                                                   Preventing Electrical Shock in the Kitchen

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                                                                   Preventing Electrical Shock in the Kitchen

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Electrical shock is when there is a sudden discharge of electricity going through your body. Electrical shock is important because getting shocked can cause serious damages to your body (in box below). But luckily by following simple and easy guidelines (in boxes to the left) you will never have to experience electrical shock while in your kitchen.

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Getting burns on the skin, the most common places are in the hands, heels, and head. It can also cause your muscles to contract resulting in a broken bone. Some people may also suffer from cardiac arrest.

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Avoid Plugging Multiple Items Into the Same Outlet

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Avoid Plugging Multiple Items Into the Same Outlet

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Don't Put Metal in Electrical Appliences

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Don't Put Metal in Electrical Appliences

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Never Unplug an Appliance by Pulling on the Cord 

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Never Unplug an Appliance by Pulling on the Cord 