Statistics Working group session 7 th EФA Roundtable Pascal Leprince Assistant Fire Chief Val dOise Fire Brigade - France Director EФA Thursday, 11th September 2008 Brussels, Belgium

Recently, the European Commission has taken several initiatives to increase consumer fire safety. But did you know that …

Every year, more than 7 million fires are registered worldwide? Every year, more than people in the world die in a fire– (among this figure every 10th fatal casualty is a child?) 60% of EU citizens are exposed to a fire during their lifetime 25 to 20% of fires have an electrical cause

How can the European Commission assess its fire prevention policy and that of the Member states?

When will the European Commission take an initiative to initiate a system for the collection of European fire statistics ?

We are interested in statistics First EFA Roundtable Brussels, 16 February 2005 Data Collection by Hans-Joachim Blaette 5 th EФA Roundtable Budapest, 14 June 2007 Best Practice: Effective data collection by Pascal Leprince 6 th EФA Roundtable Paris, 31 January – 1 February 2008 Update on statistics working group by Pascal Leprince

We are interested in electrical fires Second EFA Roundtable Brussels Interschutz, 9th June 2005 The Low Voltage Directive (LVD) by Dr. Weijland 4 th EФA Roundtable Brussels, 3th October 2006 The need for fire safety in electrical appliances byBob Graham 6 th EФA Roundtable Paris, 31 January – 1 February 2008 Forum for European Domestic Safety – 5 years of experience by Jonathan Manson

Its a priority Fire concern dwellings Any other ideas?

Example from french official statistics

Example from french official statistics %1%10%100% DECEASEDSERIOUSLY INJURED LIGHTLY INJURED Year fires Feux ERP industriels et entrepôts (355) Feux voie publique (196) Vehicle fires (857) Vegetation fires (79) Other fires (1 229) Dwelling fires (9 110) Feux locaux artisanaux (34) Feux locaux agicoles (131) Feux ERP sans local sommeil (471) Feux ERP avec local sommeil (355)

Dwelling fires Feux d'ERP avec locaux à sommeil Feux d'ERP sans locaux à sommeil Feux d'entrepôts et locaux industriels Feux de locaux artisanaux Feux de locaux agricoles Feux sur voie publique Vehicle fires Vegetation fires Other fires FIRES : ERP : Etablissements Recevant du Public

Dwelling fires Feux d'ERP avec locaux à sommeil Feux d'ERP sans locaux à sommeil Feux d'entrepôts et locaux industriels Feux de locaux artisanaux Feux de locaux agricoles Feux sur voie publique Vehicle fires Vegetation fires Other fires FIRES :

We offer to support the Commission to harmonise data collection across Europe

Electrical problems Presentation from Jonathan Manson - European Copper Institute Electricity & Energy Project Advisor

Description of possible actions

Possible actions 2008 Focusing on good practices in electrical fires –Helping fire services and stakeholders to better identify electrical fires (training of fire examiners, difference between electric wirings and devices, methodological guidelines,…), –Agreeing on an harmonised definition of this kind of fires in order to harmonise and collect statistics at EU level, –Identifying normalisation / recommandation work for electric wirings and devices –Suggesting periodic monitoring of electric wirings to avoid different wiring levels throughout Europe

Possible actions Providing the Commission with support to initiate data collection process

Discussion