> From: John Woodgate > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:45 PM > Jim Bacher writes > >While looking for some information I happened to stumble on this: > > > > http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/OSComputer.pdf > > > >It has information on computer and computer peripheral fires. > > Number of computer fires 360 > Number of computers over 60 million > Number of fires about 360 000 > > Number of fires in a home 180 > Number of fires in a bedroom 72 > > Numbers to ponder on! Can we deduce anything about user > intervention as > a contributory cause?
Interesting that the "computer fire" data points are mentioned at all. I have a copy of the AUG2005 NFPA Home Candle Fires report and no mentions of computers exist in it, save for a mention of a computerized database. In the Home Candle Fire report, it only states that 7% of candle fires are associated with "appliance housing or casing fires," and in 3% of all candle fires the "appliance housing or casing" was the first item ignited. In the NFPA Computer and Computer Peripheral Fires with a Discussion of Batteries report, Jim brought to our attention, "Candles provided the heat <source> in 4% of the fires." Yes, numbers to ponder on. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE ptar...@ieee.org CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by Sanmina-SCI eShield _______ _____________________________________________________________________ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
