Analyzing NFIRs to Identify Carbon Monoxide Incidents in the U.S. Lodging Industry

REM Risk Consultant’s work on carbon monoxide (CO) in the U.S. lodging industry was recently published in the Journal of Preventative Medicine Reports. The article, Analyzing the National Fire Incident Reporting System to Identify Carbon Monoxide Incidents in the U.S. Lodging Industry is a continuation of previous efforts to document CO incidents at U.S. hotels and motels.

The paper uses the NFIRS database to identify 3,405 CO incidents in the U.S. lodging industry; previous efforts had only identified 367 incidents through news reports. As a result, REM’s research shows the lodging industry CO incidents occur at far greater rates than previously realized, indicating a larger public health risk associated with lodging industry CO exposure.

The incidents identified through REM’s research have been presented in an interactive map detailing the locations and details of what occurred. Future work by REM will present risk reduction strategies for the lodging industry that will help make hotels and motels safer.

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