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Do home fire and safety checks by on-duty firefighters decrease the number of fires? Quasi-experimental evidence from
Björn Sund1, Carl Bonander2, Niklas Jakobsson3
1Economics, Karlstad Business School, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden; Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Sweden.
Introduction:
Fire and rescue services Syd, in the south of Sweden, started to conduct home fire and safety checks on a large scale in 2010. The goal was to reduce the damages from residential fires.
Method:
We estimate the effects of the intervention on the incidence of residential fires and evaluate its economic effect. We use a difference-in-kinks design to analyze time-varying intervention effects and conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the economic evaluation.
Results:
The results demonstrate that fires and developed fires decrease by a maximum of approximately 6% and 8% per year (assuming 100% causality) and that the intervention has positive economic effects, with the benefits estimated to be maximum 8-11 times higher than the costs. Practical applications: The results should be valuable as input when deciding whether to implement home fire and safety checks elsewhere.
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