more fire stats,survey your homes.

quoting the fire analysis and research division of the nfpa 2008.

every 22 seconds a fire department responded to a fire.

one vehicle fire reported every 134 seconds.

one structure fire was reported every 61 seconds.

one outside fire was reported every 45 seconds.

one civillian fire injury was reported every 31 minutes.

one home structure fire was reported every 82 seconds.

one civillian fire death occured every 2 hours and 38 minutes.

almost all u.s. homes have at least one smoke alarm, but 63% of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes without working smoke alarms.