Fire Safety CD For Kids
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General Fire Safety Information
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Home Escape Plan
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"Smoke Detectors Saves Lives"
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Few things are more frightening to contemplate than a fire. Fires kill, destroy homes and leave survivors with painful, disfiguring injuries. Worse still, fire is often cruelest to the very young, the elderly and the infirm. Smoke detectors and sprinkler systems can be very effective in reducing injuries, loss of life and property damage. Yet, clearly the best solution is to prevent fires from starting.

Fires start in three main ways: accidents (including natural events such as lightning), deliberate ignition or arson, and equipment failure including electrical shorts and overheating. Fires can be prevented and their hazards reduced by:

• Education...
  

• Designing buildings that are more resistant to the hazards of fires.
  
• Using fire-stop barriers to confine fires that do start.
  
• Installing smoke detectors, fire alarms and sprinkler systems.
  
• Using non-combustible materials which are less likely to ignite and spread fire.
  
• Treating flammable materials to make them more resistant to ignition and flame propagation.