美国是火灾事故多发地区,这个较早进入老龄化社会的国家,尽管存在许多消防安全方面的问题,但在老年消防工作上也积累了大量经验,值得我们借鉴。在火灾面前,数以千万计的老人、残疾和智障人士因为行为能力受限、不能像普通人那样逃生自救,面临着更严重的威胁。当这些弱势群体聚集在一起时,一旦发生火灾极有可能出现重大伤亡—在养老院、残疾人福利院,社会必须担负起保障他们安全的责任。消防安全条件差老人伤亡多美国消防协会定期修订《生命安全规范》(NFPA 101),其中就包含针 The United States is a fire-prone area. The country that entered the earlier stage of aging society, despite many fire safety problems, has accumulated a great deal of experience in aging fire protection and is worth learning from. In the face of a fire, tens of millions of elderly, disabled and mentally handicapped people are not able to escape self-help as ordinary people do and face more serious threats because of their limited ability to act. When these vulnerable groups get together, there is a high probability of major casualties in the event of a fire - in the nursing homes and disabled people’s homes, the community must assume its responsibility to ensure their safety. Fire Safety Conditions Poor elderly casualties American Fire Protection Association regularly revised the “life safety norms” (NFPA 101), which contains the needle