water heater accident statistics: where to find?

[tom daley]

Where would i find water heater accident statistics. The Federal statistic collectors and holder's sites are impenetrable for me.

[Scott Patterson]

Where would i find water heater accident statistics. The Federal statistic collectors and holder's sites are impenetrable for me.

I have never heard of a single source for this type of information. Outside of contacting each individual State Fire Marshals office I can not think of a single source for this information.

[Dennis Krouse]

The National Fire Protection Association may have stats.

[Garry Sorrells]

Need to get HG Watson on this.

[Mike Boyett]

There is an NFPA study at http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/OS.waterheaters.pdf that has some information that might be of value.

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[Michael Avis]

An interesting puzzle. Perhaps Consumer Reports or UL. Let us all know if you find something.

[tom daley]

Thank you all for replying and taking an interest. The Nat Fire stats were just the job, thanks for the ref. Mike. I wont rehearse the stats here, one can look them up, they are in a very readable form.
However, given 60 million in -situ and 8 million/year installed, water heaters are astonishingly safe appliances. The major cause of fire is clothing and chattels in close proximity to the W/H's.
The plumbers of America can take pride in such safe installation practices.