Every year in the United States, about 3,000 people die in home fires. Most of these deaths occurred in homes that didn’t have a working smoke alarm.

When both smoke alarms and fire sprinklers are present in a home, the risk of dying in a fire is reduced by 82 percent, when compared to a residence without either.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, between 2003-2006 almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

Source: USFA

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The United States and Canada have more fire deaths per capita than other industrialized nations, even not counting 9/11. This is one time we do not want to be #1.
 
To make matters worse, our beloved Tennessee has one of the highest rates of fire death in the country. A good way to change these dismaying facts is by making sure each home has well-placed working smoke alarms.
 
West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department (WRCVFD), which responds to hundreds of medical and fire emergencies yearly, is starting its springtime drive. Please consider donating or volunteering. Help the fine volunteers at WRCVFD help you. For more information, see:
www.WestRoane.com
 
About WRCVFD: Contributions are tax-deductible. WRCVFD is an all-volunteer IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a partner agency of United Way of Roane County.

-- OneTahiti