John R. Hall, Jr., the NFPA assistant vice president for fire analysis and research, has released a study about high-rise building fires. The report details overall statistics, analysis, and includes a discussion of risk in high-rise fires. Between 2003 and 2006, an average of 13,400 high-rise fires/year took place, according to the NFPA. The risks of fire, fire death, and direct property damage due to fire tend to be lower in high-rise buildings than in other buildings with the same property use...more