Conclusions of the Committee
Having conducted its study, the Central Statistical Committee offered the following conclusions (conclusions 7 and 8 are of particular interest):
- The increase in the number of fires in recent years can be attributed, for the most part, to improved reporting.
- The recurrence of fires depends on the population and is nearly proportional to the number of households.
- The intensity of fires depends on climatic factors and average size (in area) of the villages in question.
- The sum of losses is directly proportional to the intensity of the associated fire and is therefore the result of the same factors.
- Fires occur more frequently in towns than in villages, but cause less damage than in the countryside.
- The greatest percentage of fires occurs in autumn; the greatest percentage of losses occurs in summer.
- The increase in fires caused by arson is more significant than the increase in the incidence of fires in general.
- The greatest number of incidents of arson occurs in provinces in which the conditions for damaging fires are least favorable.