Smoke alarms ... they are a pet peeve item on Erika Leader-Young's fire safety checklist. She is tired of witnessing tragedy in home fires because victims were not alerted by smoke alarms.
Courtesy of Erika Leader-Young, New Lenox Fire Protection District, the National Fire Protection Association and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. 1. A candle fire is reported to a U.S. fire department ever 40 minutes. 2. In 2009, heating equipment was involved in an estimated 58,900-reported U.S. home structure fires, with associated losses of 480 civilian deaths, 1,520 civilian injuries and $1.1 billion in property damage. 3. The top cause of fires in the home is cooking equipment, accounting for an estimated 147,400 (40 percent) of residential fires each year between 2008 and 2010. 4. Six people die every day in home fires. 5. More than 1,000 senior citizens die in fires every year. READ MORE: Expert Advice: Follow These Fire…
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Erika Leader-Young is a firefighter/paramedic and a public education coordinator. One of her biggest jobs is helping folks understand how they can take simple measures to avoid home fires.
Erika Leader-Young can tell you from first-hand experience how a fire can disrupt your life—or take your life away. Leader-Young is a firefighter/paramedic with the New Lenox Fire Protection District. She has served as the district’s public education coordinator for two years in a full-time capacity and nearly twice that long counting part-time work. And she knows how quickly fires spread and how they can turn deadly, too. More than 3,500 Americans die each year in fires and 18,300 are injured, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. And Leader-Young said an overwhelming number of fires occur in the home. “Fire doubles in size every 17 seconds, ” she said. “People can go on YouTube and see how quickly it spreads. We did a side-by-side …
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Darnell
12:33 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012
I was just being facetious as it seems in today's society any type of incident that may have a negative outcome including a tragic one, is followed by one group or another who rushes to pass feel good laws and bans. This seems to be replacing your call, which I totally agree with to use common sense. Along with I feel is, personal responsibility. That AND common sense, definitely are 2 traits … more ›