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#FireSafetyMonth2013 Its Fire Safety Month! Matson Security is here to install your smart smoke alarms! Here are some facts about cooking and kitchen firesfrom the national fire protection association: U.S. Fire Departments responded to an estimated annual average of 156,600 cooking-related fires between 2007-2011, resulting in 400 civilian deaths, 5,080 civilian injuries and $853 million in direct damage. Two of every five home fires start in the kitchen. Unattended cooking was a factor in 34% of reported home cooking fires. Two-thirds of home cooking fires started with ignition of food or other cooking materials. Ranges accounted for the 58% of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%. Children under five face a higher risk of non-fire burns associated with cooking than being burned in a cooking fire. Microwave ovens are one of the leading home products associated with scald burn injuries not related to fires. Nearly half (44%) of the microwave oven injuries seen at emergency rooms in 2011 were scald burns. Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of home cooking fires, but these incidents accounted for 16% of the cooking fire deaths. Here is a video to help kids with Kitchen Fire Safety: youtu.be/wKVFfXLhEq8
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:59:20 +0000

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