Fire Prevention Week Focuses on Home Fires

October 6, 2008 –IAFF members are encouraged to conduct fire safety education campaigns in their communities in honor of Fire Prevention Week 2008. This year’s theme is “It’s Fire Prevention Week: Prevent Home Fires!”

Since fire departments responded to nearly 400,000 home fires in 2006, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is focusing the 2008 campaign on home fire prevention. Citizens need to know that, with a little extra caution, preventing the leading causes of home fires – cooking, heating, electrical and smoking-materials – can be done.

For Fire Prevention Week campaign implementation instructions, media guides, safety tips and other useful tools, click here.

NFPA launched the Fire Prevention Week campaign 85 years ago, making it the longest running public health and safety observance on record.