@article{ref1,
title="Do home fire and safety checks by on-duty firefighters decrease the number of fires? Quasi-experimental evidence from Southern Sweden",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2019",
author="Sund, Björn and Bonander, Carl M. and Jakobsson, Niklas and Jaldell, Henrik",
volume="70",
number="",
pages="39-47",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Fire and rescue services Syd, in the south of Sweden, started to conduct home fire and safety checks on a large scale in 2010. The goal was to reduce the damages from residential fires. <br><br>METHOD: We estimate the effects of the intervention on the incidence of residential fires and evaluate its economic effect. We use a difference-in-kinks design to analyze time-varying intervention effects and conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the economic evaluation. <br><br>RESULTS: The results demonstrate that fires and developed fires decrease by a maximum of approximately 6% and 8% per year (assuming 100% causality) and that the intervention has positive economic effects, with the benefits estimated to be maximum 8-11 times higher than the costs. Practical applications: The results should be valuable as input when deciding whether to implement home fire and safety checks elsewhere.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd and National Safety Council. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2019.04.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2019.04.006"
}