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296 FIRE RESEARCH Chandler, S. E . (Joint Fire Research Organization, Boreham Wood, England) "Fire Deaths in the First Quarter of 1971," Joint Fire Research OrgamzaJlim Fire Research Note No 873 (May 1971) Section: L Subjects: Fatalities, Fire statistics Author's Summary A prehmmary survey shows that there were 147 fatal casualties in fires attended by fire brigades in England and Wales durmg the first quarter of 1971. The cor- responding figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland were 31 and 2 respectively. I t is likely that because of an industrial dispute involving the fire services these figures are underestimates of the true figures. Chandler, S. E . (Joint Fire Research Organization, Boreham Wood, England) "Fu-e Deaths in the Second Quarter of 1971," Joint Fire Research Organization Fire Research Note No. 885 (August 1971) Section: L Subjects: Fatalities; Fire statistics Author's Summary A preliminary analysis shows that 133 persons died in fires m the period Apnl - June 1971. Of these 118 were m England and Wales and 15 in Scotland. The most serious incident was at a London hotel when mne people died in a fire attributed to arson. Gaudette, J . J . , Jr. and Harrington, J , J . (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massa- chusetts) "Information Systems for Urban Fire Protection Planning A Case Study," Environmental Systems Program, Harvard University, Discussion Paper No. 71-S (August 1971) Section: L Subject: Fire protection information Authors' Abstract The technical and economic feasibility of an information system for fire protec- tion planning is demonstrated by developing such a system for Cambridge, Massa-
