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Seconds Save Lives in an Emergency:
tip # 1 - Only you can save the time it takes locating your home
Facts about a fire in your home:
100,000+ ........................... homes are destroyed by fire each year
5,000+ ............................... people die in fires
40,000+ ............................. family pets die in fires
most fires occur ................ between 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
most fire deaths occur ..... between 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
2 million+ ........................... fires each year
79% of all fires deaths ..... occurred in the home
60-65% ............................. of all fire fatalities occur in a home without a working alarm
smoke detectors .............. in a home typically increase the likelihood of your survival
by 40-60%
greatest group at risk ...... age 70 and over - age 5 and under at risk for death in a fire
smoke vs flame ................ when smoke turns to flame, a fire can grow to 50 times its
size in just 6 minutes
75% of fires ...................... start on the main floor
time of the year ................. most fires and fire deaths most likely December to March
leading cause of fire ........ cooking left unattended
leading cause of death .... smoking left unattended
property damage ............. over 10 billion dollars annually
fire vs a burglar ................. your home is ten times more likely to have a fire than to be
burglarized
Facts about a burglary in your home:
home security ................... a home without is 2 to 3 times more likely to be burglarized
every 15.4 seconds ......... FBI reports that a burglary occurs
Other facts:
every 4.0 seconds ......... a disabling injury occurs in the home
4 top causes of death ...... in a home are poisoning, falls, fires, burns and suffocation
by ingested objects
Municipalities, Fire, Police, and EM Services continue striving to keep their response times down in their respective communities. Municipal Services and Departments have implement- ted such measures for having emergency vehicles into action within seconds of the 911-Operator receiving the receiving the 911-Call.
- "let us call this step one in the response"
Planning and Engineering Departments have provided designed thoroughfares and electronic traffic management to a point beyond fault. Only rush-hour traffic, construction and special events hamper the swiftness of these emergency vehicles.
- "let us call this step two in the response"
Further reduction in the response time we believe to be the responsibility of the 911-caller. First, by giving proper municipal address and directions, second by having their property properly identifiable by municipal address and having a clear un-obstructive view of this from the road.
- "let us call this step three in the response"
Given that all the above is in place, how better can the 911-caller hasten the arrival of needed Emergency Personal. If there is a flashlight near by the caller, they could go out to the road and wave the flashlight when the vehicle is in view, however if their attention is need else where towards the children, elderly and disabled. Then the vehicle's driver has to rely on the old method of scann- ing houses for address's slowing down response time. Then again the 911-caller maybe elderly, disabled or a young child too young to go to the road.
For a point of view, 911alertec.com interviewed 911-Operators, Police, Fire, EMS, taxi and pizza delivery drivers, and was told that locating the street was no problem, however finding an certain address on a particular street is frustrating and time consuming, more has to been done in this matter.
911alertec's vision is for a National 911 Flashing Porch Light Program where a devise is installed so that in an emergency after calling 911 the caller can activate their porch light to flash or blink on and off providing the emergency personal a lighted signal to locate their home, office or business. This program has been recommended by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the US National Volunteer Fire Council and the US Defense Fire Protection Association.
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This page was last updated: May 22, 2011
