And of those 43,000 fires, according to a statement made by Mr. Clarey of Cutler-Hammer, AFCI protection could be expected to prevent about 6200 of them if all dwelling unit circuits had AFCI protection. (Comment 2-68 in the '98ROC.) Fire data for 1996 indicates that 13% of dwelling unit fires originated in the bedroom. This would mean that the 2002 code requirement for AFCIs could be expected to prevent about 806 fires per year or about 2% of the total dwelling uint fires.
Don(resqcapt19)
