A MODEL OF SURVIVORS PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES FOLLOWING A RESIDENTIAL FIRE

Residential fires result in loss of life, property, and displacement f rom one's neighborhood. It would be expected that grief experienced in the aftermath of residential fires has a significant impact on surviv or's recovery and reintegration into the community, Although there is some research on psychological responses to community-wide fires and l arge scale disasters, little is known about such responses among survi vors of home fires that occur episodically. Appropriate interventions cannot be developed until more is learned about variables influencing survivors' psychological response to a residential fire. A theoretical model of survivors' psychological response post-fire is proposed.