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Description:Excerpt from Arson Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session; November 18, 1993 The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:30 a.m., in room Sr-253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard H. Bryan (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Moses Boyd, senior counsel, and Claudia A. Simons, staff counsel; and Sherman Joyce, minority staff counsel. Opening Statement Of Senator Bryan Senator Bryan. The subcommittee meeting will come to order. Just a few weeks ago, we watched entire communities in southern California burn to the ground. Fanned by the Santa Ana winds, a wall of fire enveloped hundreds of structures, notwithstanding the gallant effort by firefighters all over southern California. A few months ago, an auto parts factory in a town north of Lansing, MI, was destroyed by flames, causing $36 million in damage, and leaving some 200 workers unemployed. At about the same time, a farm house in Hendrick, IA, was destroyed by fire, surrounded, ironically, by last summer's flood waters. Last year, Los Angeles burned. The year before, 52 churches burned in Florida; almost one-half of those burned to the ground. In the spring of 1990, 87 people died in a nightclub fire in New York. The loss of life and property from accidental fires is tragic. But the fires I have just mentioned were intentionally set. According to the National Fire Incident Reporting System, more than 110,000 arson fires in residential, commercial, and industrial structures each year occur, and an even greater number of arson fires outdoors. Arson is rapidly becoming the No. 1 cause of death from fire, particularly in our larger cities. It results in more than $2 billion in property loss annually, more than one-half from residential fires. The FBI reports that nearly one-half of all arson fires were set by children, but perhaps the most amazing fact of all is that these statistics do not begin to reflect the depth of our Nation's arson problem. A fire is only counted as arson if someone is charged with the crime. Perhaps most of all suspected arsons are not counted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Arson Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One ... Session; November 18, 1993 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Arson Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One ... Session; November 18, 1993 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Arson Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session; November 18, 1993 The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:30 a.m., in room Sr-253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard H. Bryan (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Moses Boyd, senior counsel, and Claudia A. Simons, staff counsel; and Sherman Joyce, minority staff counsel. Opening Statement Of Senator Bryan Senator Bryan. The subcommittee meeting will come to order. Just a few weeks ago, we watched entire communities in southern California burn to the ground. Fanned by the Santa Ana winds, a wall of fire enveloped hundreds of structures, notwithstanding the gallant effort by firefighters all over southern California. A few months ago, an auto parts factory in a town north of Lansing, MI, was destroyed by flames, causing $36 million in damage, and leaving some 200 workers unemployed. At about the same time, a farm house in Hendrick, IA, was destroyed by fire, surrounded, ironically, by last summer's flood waters. Last year, Los Angeles burned. The year before, 52 churches burned in Florida; almost one-half of those burned to the ground. In the spring of 1990, 87 people died in a nightclub fire in New York. The loss of life and property from accidental fires is tragic. But the fires I have just mentioned were intentionally set. According to the National Fire Incident Reporting System, more than 110,000 arson fires in residential, commercial, and industrial structures each year occur, and an even greater number of arson fires outdoors. Arson is rapidly becoming the No. 1 cause of death from fire, particularly in our larger cities. It results in more than $2 billion in property loss annually, more than one-half from residential fires. The FBI reports that nearly one-half of all arson fires were set by children, but perhaps the most amazing fact of all is that these statistics do not begin to reflect the depth of our Nation's arson problem. A fire is only counted as arson if someone is charged with the crime. Perhaps most of all suspected arsons are not counted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Arson Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One ... Session; November 18, 1993 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Arson Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One ... Session; November 18, 1993 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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