U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated annual average of 47,820 reported home structure fires involving electrical failure or malfunction 2007-2011. These fires resulted in 455 civilian deaths, 1,518 civilian injuries and $1.5 billion in direct property damage.
Facts & Figures
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Cooking Fire Safety
•U.S. Fire Departments responded to an estimated annual average of 156,600 cooking-related fires between 2007-2011, resulting in 400 civilian deaths, 5,080 civilian injuries and $853 million in direct damage.
•Two of every five home fires started in the kitchen.
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Escape Planning
•According to an NFPA survey, only one-third of Americans have both developed and practiced a home fire escape plan.
•Almost three-quarters of Americans do have an escape plan; however, more than half never practiced it.
•One-third (32%) of respondents who made an esti...

•Almost three of five (60%) of reported home fire deaths in 2007 to 2011 resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
•Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in reported home fires in half.
•In fires considered large enough to activate the smoke al...

This week is Fire Preventions Week and although fire safety is a year long priority, we'll be posting some important reminders this week.Home fires
•In 2011, U.S. fire departments responded to 370,000 home structure fires. These fires caused 13,910 civilian injuries, 2,520 civilian deaths, ...