- Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts
- Campus Fire Safety
- Inspections/Code enforcement
- Smoke Alarms
- Sprinklers
- Wildland Fire Safety
- Fire safety tips and reminders
- Other Safety News
- Smoke Alarm Saves
- Sprinkler Saves
- International News
Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles – Updated 08/27/2012
Campaigns/ Other Fire Prevention Activities
- City to inspect rental properties for smoke detectors (Iowa) Action follows complaints in wake of fatal fire in Bluffs
- Annual Governor’s Fire Prevention Day Largest in Country (Minnesota)
- Smoke simulator sparks fire safety skills in Gloucester County preschoolers – (New Jersey)
- College students learn about fire safety (New York)
- The WIRE-4-Safety Program has distributed more than 700 smoke alarms (South Carolina)
- Firefighters Save Lives With Free Smoke Detectors (Pennsylvania)
- Vocal smoke detectors distributed in Gorham (Maine)
- Town looks to ‘drive’ fire prevention to next level (Connecticutt)
- West Virginia Fire Departments Ask Communities to Support Fire Prevention Education
Campus fire safety
- Harrisonburg Fire Teaches Students To Be Safe (Virginia)
- MU, Columbia firefighters work together to increase fire safety (Missouri)
- 18 Questions: What You Need to Know About Student Housing (LAFD)
- Officials: Fire safety key for parents and students – (West Virginia)
- College students learn about fire safety (New York)
- Fire drills planned for student housing (Kansas)
- College students told to major in fire safety (New Hampshire)
Inspections / Code enforcement
- City to inspect rental properties for smoke detectors (Iowa) Action follows complaints in wake of fatal fire in Bluffs
Smoke Alarms
- Smoke Alarm Distinguishes Actual Fire from Burning Food. – Video on Oak Ridge Lab research Runtime (2:11 minutes)
- Helena Fire Dept. advises people to use their smoke alarms (Montana)
- The WIRE-4-Safety Program has distributed more than 700 smoke alarms (South Carolina)
- Vocal smoke detectors distributed in Gorham (Maine)
- Task Force: Working Smoke Detectors Will Save Lives (Ohio)
Sprinklers
- Firefighters encourage sprinklers in homes (Indiana)
- Fire department to inform public about fire sprinkler systems (Iowa)
- LETTER: New Building Materials Deadly, Sprinklers Can Save Lives (Massachusetts)
Wildland Fire Safety
- Special Series: Megafires: The New Normal In The Southwest
- Firewise program urges homeowners to reduce hazards (Washington)
- in your garden: Fire-safe landscaping (California)
Safety tips and reminders
Other Safety News
- none
Smoke Alarm Saves
- Smoke Alarm Save Short Hills Resident From Fire (New Jersey)
- Smoke alarm saves seven from quick-moving fire in Vancouver (Washington)
Sprinkler Saves
- Sprinkler System Saves Lives in Sioux Falls (South Dakota)
- Sprinkler system extinguishes hotel fire (Tampa, FL)
- Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in apartment complex fire (Vancouver, WA)
- Second Whiskey Row Fire Averted Due to Fire Sprinklers (Arizona)
- Garage fire contained by sprinkler system (Loves Park, IL)
- Sprinkler system contains and extinguishes house fire (Glen Ellyn, IL)
- Late night apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Tucson, AZ)
Fire Prevention News: International
- Alarm campaign hits all the right buttons (UK)
- Family saved by smoke alarm (Canada)
- High-rise supers being taught role in fire safety (UK)
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