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Essential Safety Measures Maintenance Manual (Fourth Edition) Now Available

Submitted by admin on August 30, 2007 - 23:14.

The new fourth edition of the Victorian Building Commission Essential Safety Measures Manual is now available.

Fire safety in Australian homes

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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics: Australian Social Trends 2000 "in 1998, 123 people died from accidental fire or flame injuries. Of these, 70 occurred in a home fire.

While total deaths from fire fell by 47% from 1968 to 1998, deaths in private dwelling fires only dropped by 20%"

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