FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
October 9-15 is Fire Prevention Week
| According to NFPA.org;
- One home strucure fire was reported every 87 seconds in 2009.
- Cooking equipment is the leading cause of home structure fires and associated injuries, and was tied for the third leading cause of home fire deaths.
- Heating equipment was the second leading cause of all reported home fires and home fire deaths.
- 41% of home electrical fires involved electrical distribution or lighting equipment.
- On the average, there are 35 home candle fires reported per day.
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Click here to go to NFPA.org for an expanded list.
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“Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website, www.firepreventionweek.org. ©2011 NFPA."
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