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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2019, vol. 25, issue4
Subject Area: Medicine
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2019254.2739
Published online: 21 October 2019
Original article
J of IMAB. 2019 Oct-Dec;25(4):2739-2743;
OUTBREAK OF FIRE INJURIES IN PLEVEN REGION FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS - RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON ARCHIVE JUDICIAL MATERIAL AND THE FIRE EVIDENCE DATABASE
Diana Dimitrova1
, Dancho Dekov2,
1) Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2) Department of General Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, FPH - Medical University -Pleven, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data in The European Union (EU) number of areas affected by fires is increasing.
Purpose: Purpose of the study is to analyze the structure and number of irreversible losses occurring at the point of traumatic fire damage in Pleven region and comparative analysis of the country.
Methods: Original retrospective survey for ten years in the Pleven district, archival-documentary and statistical methods of study were used. Data processed statistically with SPSS19.
Results: The results of the study indicate the reasons for the occurrence of a fire and the occurrence of the death in case of fires in the Pleven region.
Conclusions: Special attention and care by the civil service and public organizations should be addressed to the elderly and lonely living people, mostly in the villages, and their winter heating and the operation of the heaters.
Keywords: outbreak of fire injuries, Pleven region, retrospective study, irreversible losses,
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Please cite this article as: Dimitrova D, Dekov D. Outbreak of Fire Injuries in Pleven Region for the Last Ten Years - Retrospective Study on Archive Judicial Material and the Fire Evidence Database. J of IMAB. 2019 Oct-Dec;25(4):2739-2743. DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2019254.2739
Correspondence to: GDr. Diana Dimitrova, PhD. Department of Preventive medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University – Sofia; 8, Bialo more str., 1527 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail: d.dimitrova@foz.mu-sofia.bg
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Received: 25 February 2019
Published online: 21 October 2019