新的数据报告指出,美国的空置建筑发生火警的数量在经济衰退期可能会上升。美国消防协会2009年5月发布的《2003-2006年空置建筑火灾的影响研究分析报告》指出,美国消防部门在2003-2006年期间平均每年大约要处理空置建筑物火灾31 000起。火灾造成50人死亡,直接财产损失高达6.4亿 The new data report points out that the number of fires in vacant buildings in the United States is likely to rise during a recession. The 2003 Fire Alarm Analysis Study of Vacant Buildings in 2003-2006 released by the Fire Services Association of the United States in May 2009 pointed out that the U.S. fire department handled an average of about 31,000 vacant building fires each year during 2003-2006. 50 people were killed in the fire and direct property losses amounted to 640 million