Contagion and incubation in New York City structural fires 1964?1976
Human EcologyPublished 1 December 1978
Rodrick Wallace
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The recent proliferation of structural fires in New York City is analyzed from an ecological viewpoint. Fireservice cutbacks recommended by the Rand Corporation and largely implemented before the city's “fiscal crisis” are found to have markedly increased the annual number of structural fires.
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