Fire Safety Science Digital Archive

Fire statistics are analysed to estimate the influence of various factors on the spread of fire in buildings. The spread of fire beyond the room of origin is considerably less likely in modern buildings, particularly in multi-storey buildings, and spread is much more likely at night time, probably because of delays in discovery. Early attendance by the brigade over the range of these, data has no measurable influence on this chance of spread, probably because of the wide range of variation in the size of fire confronting the brigade.