Economic value of home fire safety checks in New South Wales

W. Kathy Tannous; M. Whybro; C. Lewis; M. Ollerenshaw; G. Watson; S. Broomhall

Economic value of home fire safety checks in New South Wales

W. Kathy Tannous, M. Whybro, C. Lewis, M. Ollerenshaw, G. Watson, S. Broomhall

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![CDATA[In 2014, Fire Rescue New South Wales piloted a Home Fire Safety Checks program aimed at high risk individuals. This entailed the visiting of 228 homes in eight suburbs to provide safety checks; smoke alarms; changing of batteries; fire blankets and fire safety information. Economic valuation was conducted of the program at pilot and at a full roll-out.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Business & Economics Society International 25th Conference: Program & Abstracts, Las Vegas, USA, January 10-13, 2015
Publisher	Business and Economics Society International
Pages	19-19
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Business & Economics Society International. Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2015 → …

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Conference	Business & Economics Society International. Conference
Period	1/01/15 → …

Keywords

fire prevention
education
government policy
New South Wales

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Tannous, WK, Whybro, M, Lewis, C, Ollerenshaw, M, Watson, G & Broomhall, S 2015, Economic value of home fire safety checks in New South Wales. in Business & Economics Society International 25th Conference: Program & Abstracts, Las Vegas, USA, January 10-13, 2015. Business and Economics Society International, pp. 19-19, Business & Economics Society International. Conference, 1/01/15.

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