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Living Safe whatever cause, what must we sprinkler systems would be more the
do? A change of thinking would be norm than the exception. Home fire
Times have the first positive step. Fire safety is drills would be as common as school
everybody’s responsibility. Each of
fire drills, with a practiced home
us must do everything possible to
prevent a fire from occurring. If we escape plan.
think about it, we might do something Firefighters are up for the challenge,
about it. Another change of thought but each of us has a responsibility
By Pete Hypes occurs when we stop thinking that it in this as well. Your only chance of
ince retiring from the fire contribute to a larger number of will never happen to us. In fact, if we survival may be the actions that you
take when a fire occurs. Being pulled
service, fires requiring the fires than others, any cause must be altered our thinking to say, what will out of a fire by firefighters only to die
Srescue of occupants seem to addressed. Cooking-related fires still I do when a fire occurs? If we believe days later should not be okay with
have increased. I know that the fire account for the cause of the largest that a fire will occur in our home you or me. Prepare yourself in a way
service was ready for the challenge, number of single-family and multi- or business, we will act differently. that when a fire occurs you will react
due to the extensive training that family dwelling fires in our county, Smoke alarms would not be disabled, properly.
occurs daily. My question is, what state, and nation. Other causes of fires but would be well-maintained
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my claim, but I am going to attempt improper discarding of smoking
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With the good also comes the not-so- thing to measure was the impact on
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probability of a fire occurring. There of fire safety. Because there is no way Gotta
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Though some fire causes may If fires are on the increase, by
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