"John Rumm" wrote in message
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18266064


It doesn't, of course, say how many of the casualties in the statistics for
current deaths were in modern houses, and how many were in old, poorly
maintained, overcrowded substandard housing.

From the figures quoted - 36 lives out of a potential 153 - they seem to
expect nearly a quarter of the fires and consequent fatalities to be in new
builds or conversions.
I assume there is the assumption that a sprinkler system will eliminate
fires altogether?

Does this mean that new homes are very dangerous, that they expect the
housing stock to increase by about a quarter over the next 9 years, or that
they are optimising the statistics?

Cheers

Dave R
--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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