Module 14 - Fire Disasters

Learning objectives 1. Recognize two ways to categorize fire incidents and their sub-categories 2. Recognize characteristics of wildfires that impact health 3. Recognize characteristics of structural fires that impact health 4. Recognize man-made and natural causes of fire 5. Identify risk factors for fire disasters in the US 6. Identify factors that contribute to the severity of fires 7. Identify the major public health consequences of fires 8. Identify the role of prevention measures for fire disasters 9. List the major causes of death from fire disasters 10. Recognize the public health consequences of fire disasters 11. Recognize that both man-made and natural fire disasters have relatively high displacement rates as compared to other disasters in either category 12. Recognize the worlds ten deadliest natural fire disasters 13. Recognize the worlds ten deadliest man-made fire disasters 14. Recognize measures that lessen the health impact of fire disasters