This project is intended to assist the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by quantifying and analyzing all identifiable hoarding and squalor related incidents that MFB has responded to within the Metropolitan District (MD) from 4 April 2012 to 3 April 2014. The increased rate of reported incidents found in this study confirms the prevalence and severity of hoarding and squalor as ongoing risks for affected individuals and the community. This study recommends MFB and other fire services work in collaboration to develop information for firefighters about hoarding and squalor and to identify, define, and reduce its risks.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Scott, David Franciose
• Morse, Benjamin Douglas
• Homchenko, Molly Elizabeth
• Lackie, Jason Ballou

Subject

• Security
• Health
• Community
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050614-235611

Keyword

• Fire prevention
• Mental health

Advisor

• Klein, Andrew G.
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2014

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board

Date created

• 2014-05-06

Location

• Melbourne

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright