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National Fire Protection Association Announces Theme for Fire Prevention Week 2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada

Sunday, June 6, 2010

At the National Fire Protection Association's Annual Conference the Public Education Section announced the theme for Fire Prevention Week 2010. Beep, Beep, Smoke Alarms, A Sound you can Live With is this Year's theme. The NFPA stated: - Almost 3,000 people die each year in home fires. - Smoke Alarms reduce your chances of dying in a fire by over half. - No smoke alarms were present in over 40% or the incidents of fatal fires. - An additional 23% had smoke alarms that did not operate. - In 2008 U.S. Fire Departments responded to 386,500 home fires. - A Fire Department averages responding to a home fire every 82 seconds. - Roughly eight people die each day in a home fire - U.S. Consumer Reports stated that interconnected Smoke Alarms were more likely to alert residents than battery smoke alarms alone.



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