Analysis of fire incidences in residential buildings in Nigeria

Abstract

Achieving suitable environment friendly design and construction of domestic buildings, which constitute the majority of building type in Nigeria, implies freedom from life-threatening hazards such as fires. The study was aimed at establishing the contribution of domestic fires to to the annual tally of all types of fires. official summaries of statistics of fire outbreaks in Nigeria constituted the research data. it was concluded that fire outbreaks in domestic buildings determined the trends in total fire outbreaks in Nigeria over the study period, the level of influence of domestic fires on total fires ranging between 90% and 99%. Significant reduction in the numbers of domestic fires would reduce total fire outbreaks in the country. it was recommended that in the siting of Fire Stations, special consideration should be given to areas containing large concentrations of domestic buildings with the attendant high risk of fire.