USFA Fire Prevention Weekly Update – August 29, 2013

 

1. Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts
2. Campus fire safety
3. Inspections/Code enforcement
4. Smoke Alarms
5. Sprinklers
6. Wildland Fire Safety
7. Fire safety tips and reminders
8. Other Safety News
9. International News

Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles – Updated 08/26/2013

Campaigns/ Other Fire Safety Activities

1. Study: fire risk reduced by home visits ( U.K.)
2. Community Wide Home Fire Prevention Seminar (Florida)
3. Golder Ranch teaches kids fire safety
4. Marshall Fire Department to giveaway smoke, carbon monoxide detectors
5. Houston Fire Department: Working Smoke Detectors Save Lives
6. Springfield Offers Free Smoke Detectors for Older Residents (Massachusetts)

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Campus fire safety

1. Shaw University holds campus fire safety demonstration (North Carolina)
2. Fire safety emphasized for college students (West Virginia)

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Inspections / Code enforcement

1. n/a

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Smoke Alarms

1. Houston Fire Department: Working Smoke Detectors Save Lives

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Sprinklers

1. New Sioux Falls apartments will need fire sprinklers
2. Counties pursue different courses on fire safety (Illinois)
3. Sprinklers prove effectiveness in apartment fire
4. Residential Sprinkler Systems

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Wildland Fire Safety

1. Desire for wild spaces ignites U.S. fire insurance hazard
2. 5 Ways to Prepare Your Property for Wildfire Now
3. Texas Residents Urged to Use Care With Labor Day Fires

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Safety tips and reminders

1. Children fire safety tips (Fiji)
2. Tenn. Fire Marshal’s office urges older adults to take fire-safety measures

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Other Safety News

1. Chief Kyle Minick receives Bringing Safety Home Award
2. New NFPA report describes fires in religious and funeral properties

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Fire Prevention News: International

1. Smoke alarm fitted by the fire service saved woman, 83, from Hemel Hempstead (UK)
2. Fire Risk Massively Reduced by Home Visits