Spontaneous Interventions in Residential Fires
Previous research on the effectiveness of the emergency services has shown that ordinary citizens often play an important role when it comes to detecting crises and alerting or assisting with evacuation. In the event of a residential fire, the time dimension is crucial, and if spontaneous actions by passersby, neighbors, and others in the vicinity can reduce the time between the detection of the fire and the start of firefighting, they can play an important role in the work towards the zero vision for residential fires. Despite this, the extent and type of spontaneous interventions have not been significantly studied. This means that it is currently unknown whether spontaneous interventions are more common in certain areas and if socio-economic/demographic differences and trust between people and public authorities can help explain potential differences between different geographical areas.