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Fire threatens from inside and outside of the home. Stats for 2000 show that 368,000 accidental home fires occurred, resulting in 3,420 deaths, 16,975 injuries and $5.5 billion in property damages. In 2002, 88,458 wildfires destroyed 6,937,584 acres and 2,381 buildings.
When a fire starts from the inside of a home, it's totally irrelevant what started the house fire. The important thing is that people recognize it immediately so that every person and animal can get to safety and the fire department can save the property.
Hard-wiring and interconnecting smoke detectors are imperative. Interconnecting smoke detectors an immediate response to smoke. When one detector is activated, all detectors sound. This is a chain that will alert the whole home or building. Hard-wired detectors can get severely damaged in a fire. Another alternative would be battery powered smoke detectors. All you need to do is replace batteries.
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More Information On This Topic:
Firewise: http://www.firewise.org
Fire Safe Council: http://www.firesafecouncil.org
National Interagency Fire Center: http://www.nifc.gov
National Fire Protection Association: http://www.nfpa.org
USFS Rocky Mountain Region: http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/
Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov
