"Prevent Cooking
Fires: Watch What You Heat"
In Fact more fires start in the
kitchen than in any other part of the home! Don't leave cooking food
unattended.
Fire Prevention Week Quiz
Care to test your knowledge about Home
Cooking Fires? Take an online quiz about cooking fires in the home
from the NFPA here
Home Cooking Fire Quiz
NFPA Facts...
Between 1999-2002, there were
114,000 reported home fires associated with cooking equipment on
average per year, resulting in an annual 290 deaths and 4,380
injuries.
Three in 10 reported home fires start in the kitchen -- more
than any other place in the home.
Two out of three reported home cooking fires start with the range
or stove.
Electric ranges or stoves have a higher risk of fires, injuries
and property damage, compared to gas ranges or stoves, but gas
ranges or stoves have a higher risk of fire deaths.
For more complete information about
the alarming number of cooking fires in American homes click the
following link and read the NFPA's
Home Cooking Fire Patterns and Trends (pdf)
Click the following link to download
our
Free Home Fire Escape Plan and Diagram
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Fire Prevention Resources for
College Students
Below are additional free resources
available to you online.
Live Fire
Videos:
- Tragic Fire & Live Fire Video ABC NEWS
- Live Fire Mock-up of Typical College Student's Room (USFA)
Fire Prevention Videos:
- College Student Fire Prevention
College Students,
Campus and Off-Campus Fire Safety Resources:
- Fatal Fires in Student Housing from January 2000 thru April 2006
- Campus Fire
Safety .org
- Campus Fire Safety Blog
- Campus
FireWatch Forum
- NY Office of
Fire Prevention & Control SAFETY ALERTS
- Consumer Product Safety Commision (CPSC)
Bulletins and Publications
- FireSafety.Gov Website
- US Fire Administration Website
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Website
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