Fire Ignitions and Types from the Whittier Earthquake

该项目将收集1987年10月1日惠蒂尔海峡地震期间的点火数据。数据的主要来源将是对受地震影响的各个社区的消防人员和相关公司官员的采访。所有的点火都将按类型分类（例如，燃气、电力和化学相关），从而增加了从1971年圣费尔南多地震开始的其他现代地震演变而来的点火源数据库。该项目的结果应有助于预测未来事件的火灾损失。

This project will involve the collection of data on fire ignitions during the October 1, 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake. A major source of data will be interviews with fire personnel in the various communities affected by the earthquake and relevant company officials. All ignitions will be categorized by type (for example, gas, electric and chemical related), thereby adding to the data base of ignition sources that has evolved from other modern earthquakes beginning with the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The results of this project should contribute to the basis for making projection about fire losses in future events.