Luray Volunteer Fire Department

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Hello, Welcome to our Safety page. Here you will learn about ways to avoid having a fire in your home. The most important things you can do to protect your loved ones and your property is to Educate Yourself and your family about Fire Safety, and Practice Fire Prevention Tactics is key to avoiding an unwanted fires. 2002 Nearly 3400 people died in residential fires in the United States in 2002. In nearly two-thirds of these fires, smoke alarms were either missing or not working properly. Regardless of the cause of fires, everyone needs to know how to respond in case of fire: 2005 On average in the United States in 2005, someone died in a fire about every 2 hours (143 minutes), and someone was injured every 29 minutes (Karter 2006). Four out of five U.S. fire deaths in 2005 occurred in homes (Karter 2006). In 2005, fire departments responded to 396,000 home fires in the United States, which claimed the lives of 3,030 people (not including firefighters) and injured another 13,825, not including firefighters (Karter 2006). Most victims of fires die from smoke or toxic gases and not from burns (Hall 2001). Smoking is the leading cause of fire-related deaths (Ahrens 2003). Cooking is the primary cause of residential fires (Ahrens 2003). Most residential fires occur during the winter months (CDC 1998). Alcohol use contributes to an estimated 40% of residential fire deaths (Smith 1999).

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