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TABLE 22-A ANNUAL FIRE LOSSES Types of Budding 1971 Number Losses9 Industrial plants Stores and offices Schools and colleges Churches Hospitals, nursing homes, et cetera Hotel/Motel Restaurants 41,300 71,000 20,500 3,400 18,200 15,200 18,200 390,000 332,200 87,000 22,300 22,400 37,900 50,900 * Losses in thousands of dollars Source National Fire Protection Association 1972 Number Losses* 48,000 76,900 22,400 4,300 470,600 337,700 90,900 28,100 21,200 16,400 21,700 24,800 43,600 54,300 Percent Increase 14% 8V4 9 26 16 8 20 broken glassware, insecticides, and other harmful materials Handicapped patrons The handicapped patron demands special precautions Special notice and care must be used m handling them and providing special services Such persons pose problems in the event of an emergency through early warning and special evacuation procedures, but special ramps, rails or other devices may be necessary for routine service to such patrons Fire losses A constant threat to every business, in which both employees and non-employees can be hurt, is fire or the residue of fire such as smoke, toxic gases, and heat Buildings con taining heavy concentrations of people are especially vulnerable to catastrophic fires Hotels, department stores, and high-rise build ings have had severe loss of life when fire breaks out Cooking and heating systems, de fective and misused electrical equipment and wiring, and careless use of smoking materials are listed as die three leading causes of fires Combustible contents and building materials must also be considered According to the National Fire Protection Association, fires and fire losses are on the increase Table 22-A indicates the compari son between 1971 and 1972 Measuring Non-Employee Losses In order to provide an orderly and uniform method of comparing patron losses, the ANSI Standard Z108 1, Method of Measuring and Recording Patron and Non-Employee Injury Statistics, was established As explained m Chapter 6, "Accident Records and Injury Rates," this standard provides a variety of plans on which the frequency of non-employee injuries can be measured A variety of exposure methods is suggested due to the very difficult accumulation of exposure hours within sales and service operations Non-employee exposure time is not "clocked" in public places such as restaurants, stores and offices and av erages have little in common--even within single businesses However, within the system suggested, a degree of comparative information can be found and it can be determined whether or not a particular segment of the business is extremely high Sales volume or number of transactions, for example, can be used as a common denominator to measure frequency 575