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Practice Your Escape Plan, Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention Week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire of October 8-9, 1871. The landmark disaster raged for several days and killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 more homeless, and destroyed more than 17,000 buildings.
Each October, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) sponsors a fire prevention campaigns. The theme for Fire Prevention Week 2007 focuses on how to plan and practice escape from your home in case of fire.
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U.S. Fire Facts
- The leading causes of home fires are cooking, smoking, heating, electrical equipment, and intentionally set fires.
- In 2005, U.S. fire departments responded to 1.6 million fires - 24% were home fires.
- Home fires killed roughly 8 people every day in 2005.
- In 2005, 13,300 fire injuries from home fires were reported to U.S. fire departments.
- As of 2004 96% of all homes have at least one smoke alarm.
- Operating smoke alarms were present in only half of the home fires reported in 2000 - 2004.
- 65% of home-fire deaths occurred in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
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Keeping Time
In the United States, in 2005
- A fire department responded to a fire every 20 seconds.
- An outdoor fire was reported every 39 seconds.
- One home fire was reported every 83 seconds.
- A structure fire was resported every 62 seconds.
- One civilian was injured in a fire every 29 minutes.
- One civilian died in a fire every 2 hours and 23 minutes.
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| *All above facts and information provided by NFPA 2007 - www.nfpa.org |
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