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.