“Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!” is NFPA’s official theme for Fire Prevention Week (FPW), October 3-9. If you’re wondering why NFPA, the official sponsor of FPW for nearly 90 years, is focusing on smoke alarms when most homes already have at least one, you've come to the right place!
This year's campaign is designed to educate people about the importance of smoke alarms and encourages everyone to take the steps necessary to update and maintain their home smoke alarm protection.
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Children playing with fire cause hundreds of deaths and injuries each year. Preschoolers and kindergartners are most likely to start these fires, typically by playing with matches and lighters, and are most likely to die in them.
Safety tips
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Your home should be a safe haven. But do you regularly check for home fire hazards? If not, there is the potential for danger. Fire departments responded to nearly 400,000 home fires in 2006.
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//FPW08/FPW08checklist.pdf
Cooking with Care
Everyday Electrical Safety
Healthy Heating
Strike Out Smoking-materials Fires
Candle with Caution
Safety 101
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For more information on “Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!” visit www.firepreventionweek.org