The lead story on today’s local evening news covered another in a recent string of apartment fires in the San Antonio, Texas area. As I listened to interviews with apartment residents whose lives had been impacted in a sudden, terrible…
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Category: Central, Home, Personal, Prevention
Tags: apartment fire, arson, confined fire, cooking fires, fire, fire extinguisher, grease fire, homeowners insurance, kitchen fire, National Fire Protection Association, renters insurance, Safety Tips, smoke detectors, stove, structure fire, unconfined fire
October 7-13 is Fire Prevention Week. There’s no better time to turn our attention to home fire safety. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), one home structure fire was reported every 85 seconds in 2010. In 2010, U.S. Fire…
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Category: Central, Home, Loss Control, Prevention
Tags: candles, clothes dryer, cooking fire, dryer vent, electrical circuits, escape plan, extension cords, Federal Emergency Management Agency, fire extinguisher, Fire Prevention Week, National Fire Prevention Association, Safety Tips, smoke detector, space heater, structure fire, US Fire Adminstration