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Fire Doubles in size every 30 Seconds!!!
 
Smoke Detectors need attention
 
      Test Weekly
 
      Vacuum Monthly (this also can prevent detector from activating unnecessarily or without reason)
 
      Change Batteries Twice a year (when clocks are set forward or back)
  
On average 1695 fires a year in the United states are caused by candles  
 
It is important to sleep with bedroom doors CLOSED. 
 
Smoke is most often what causes fire fatalities. 
 
The door provides an additional barrier between you
 
and the fire.
 
  • U.S. fire departments respond to one home fire every 70 seconds. 
  • Each year, almost 50,000 children ages 14 and younger are injured in home fires. More than half of these children are < 4 years old.
  • Home fires caused by children are the leading cause of fire-related death and injury among children ages 9 and under.
  • Home fires started by children are most likely to start in the bedroom or living room and areas where children are left alone to play.
  • Nearly 80 percent of the home fires started by children are caused by children using matches or lighters to “play with fire.”
  • A working smoke alarm doubles the chance of surviving a fire.
  • Fire-related deaths are three times more likely from smoke inhalation or toxic gases than from heat injury.
  • In a typical home fire, you have only two minutes to escape from the house. The need for speed makes an escape plan necessary.
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    It is illegal to drive within a block of where a Fire Apparatus has responded to an alarm
     
    It is illegal to drive over fire hose
     
    It is illegal to park/stop/wait in a fire lane regardless of the duration of time or if  someone is in the vehicle
     
    Take 10 minutes and watch the video below about the
     
    importance of fire safety