- 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
- Sprinkler Saves
- International News
Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles – Updated 01/14/2013
Campaigns/ Other Fire Safety Activities
- “Watch Your Butt” Campaign from the Springfield Fire Department (Missouri)
- Chilhowie firefighters launch education campaign (Virginia)
- Firefighters get word out about home sprinkler systems (Pennsylvania)
- Entire community gets free smoke detectors (Missouri)
- Lexington Fire Dept. working to put smoke detectors in every home (Kentucky)
- Volunteers to promote fire safety in Framingham (Massachusetts)
Campus fire safety
- OSU students find new homes after suspicious fire
Inspections / Code enforcement
Smoke Alarms
- Special smoke detectors will aid deaf in fire (Indiana)
- Brighton woman survives fire after being woken by smoke alarm
- Smoke detector credited for saving a family of eight (North Carolina)
Sprinklers
- UMass Amherst residence halls now protected by fire sprinklers
- Lightweight construction and the need for home fire sprinklers
- Md. fire deaths down 22% in 2012
- Carlisle fire company plans to extinguish anti-sprinkler messages
- Fully sprinklered nursing homes were a long time coming (NFPA)
- Mass. housing complexes by the thousands lack sprinklers
- Tragic Fire in Rockford Highlights Need for Home Fire Sprinklers
Wildland Fire Safety
Safety tips and reminders
- Keep baby safe around space heaters (Consumer Reports)
- 5 Things: Fire Safety With Alternative Heating Sources
- Recent house fires seen as preventable (Iowa)
- Cooking fires are the most common
- Sparky’s new activity that integrates fire safety education and measurement is “Measuring Up!”
Other Safety News
- Year Ends with Significant Drop in State Fire Deaths (Mississippi)
- Md. fire deaths down 22% in 2012
- Residents Told To Take Fire Prevention Into Their Own Hands
- Six-year-old boy caused Georgia fire that killed four siblings
Residential Sprinkler Saves
- Sprinkler system controls condo fire (Lake Havasu City, AZ)
Fire Prevention News: International
- Australia firefighters race to beat heat spike
- Australian families win their battles against wildfires