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Inside the August Issue |
NFPA Says, Fire Won’t
Wait, Plan Your Escape
The National Fire Protection Association
has announced “Fire
Won’t Wait. Plan Your Escape”
as the theme for Fire Prevention
Week, to be held Oct. 9-15.
The week’s activities will serve to
reinforce the critical importance of
developing an escape plan with all
occupants practicing it regularly. In
addition, this October represents the
100th anniversary of Fire Prevention
Week, the nation’s longest-running
public health observance on record.
“This year’s Fire Prevention Week
campaign capitalizes on its milestone
anniversary, celebrating all
we’ve accomplished in reducing the
public’s risk to fire over the past hundred
years,” said Lorraine Carli, vice
president of the NFPA Outreach and
Advocacy division. “At the same
time, the theme, ‘Fire Won’t Wait. Plan Your Escape,’ addresses challenges
that remain.”
According to NFPA data, the home — the place people feel safest from fire — is actually where they are at greatest risk, with three-quarters (74 percent) of all U.S. fire deaths occurring in homes. When a home fire does occur, it’s more likely to be serious; people are more likely to die in a home fire today than they were in 1980.
“Today’s homes burn faster and hotter than they used to, minimizing the amount of time they have to escape safely,” said Carli. “In a typical home fire, you may have as little as two minutes to get out from the time the smoke alarms sounds.”
The Fire Prevention Week 2022 theme, “Fire Won’t Wait. Plan Your Escape,” can be applied to any structure or facility, promoting potentially lifesaving messages that can mean the difference between life and death in a fire. Developing an escape plan with all members of the facility community and practicing it regularly ensures that everyone knows what to do when the smoke alarm sounds and uses that time wisely.
Following are key messages behind
this year’s “Fire Won’t Wait. Plan Your Escape”
theme:
• Make sure your home escape plan
meets the needs of all your family members,
including those with sensory or
physical disabilities. Full story »
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