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Gafety a burning issue

- rate from fire in
Cae DEATHS second-highest

in the world at ‘approximately

500 a year.

Every year in the eerie in

. « nd gicly 6,5 peo-

le ne ppron ng fires, Another
120,000 are injured © ov disfigured.

The keys to hor me re safely are

education, preven inf ation can

flowing information can

ee help ee fire deaths

a
and injuries in eo qect myself and
my family?

Installing auto gmatic fire Sprin-

alarms, keeping at
Ker and snk pe the
home, developing “and practising a
fire escape plan. clean poten
obs: asi
lial fire hazards, 4 ne can help ore.
fire safety meas rere es.
vent more fire wage 85% of fire

Approximaty y mes. The installa-
deaths occ in worinklers in your
home can op te re ca uce fire fatalities,

How do spri® nklers operate?

sprinklers are

ire
Automatic fir at 10! smoke. When .

sated by Be es he spe

operating point,
temperature 104 meC). a solder link
will melt or a iquid filled pals

be bay
sprinkler, releasing

ever th oe iet amage
my home? -

During a fire.
klers closest to th
limiting the total
needed sprinklers discharge acci-
dentally?

Loss records ©
Research indicate

only those Sprin-
e fire will activate,
amount of water

of Factory Mutual
that the probabili-
r discharging acci-
Soy er 3 gee
defect is only | in mice ear
. Klers per dre sprink klers important
for life safety? not rely upon
Sprinklers ¢° 5 tapnilice
humen factors SU uch as familiarity
with escape route ws 10 work imme-
assistance. They 2 7 ine danger.
diately to reduc rinklers so effec-
tive?
Sprinklers op
.. in the area of fire ©
“a fire from growit
“dangerous size, Wl
‘ly. sounding an

eralé automatically
origin, preventing
undetected to a
jle Simultaneous-
alarm. Automatic

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Informatio” ee
879-2323" toll free
1-800-66374242

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fire sprinklers keep fires smatl. The
majority of fires in’ sprinklered
buildings are handled by one or two
sprinklers,

Will installing smoke alarms
help to protect me?

A smoke alum will warn you of
a fire in Gime to let you escape.
Alarms should be installed outside
each sleeping area and euch addi-

BOOKS TO

tional level of your home including
the basement,

How do T know when to
replace my smoke alarms bat-
tery?

Battery-powered models gener-
ally beep or flash a light for several
minutes daily fora week or more to
signal that their batteries are going
dead.

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