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	Fire. is one of the greatest threats to your family and home. You need to be alerted quickly and you need respond fast. When a fire occurs, seconds matter, fire has the potential to wipe out everything in just minutes. Fire can smolder undetected for hours, then suddenly explode. You need to take every possible precaution your family and home from the dangers of fire. Fire Facts (from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA) Over 90 percent of U.S. homes have at least one smoke alarm. However, these alarms are not always properly maintained and as a result might not work in an emergency. There has been a disturbing increase over the last ten years in the number of fires that occur in homes with non-functioning alarms. It is estimated that over 39 percent of residential fires and 52 percent of residential fatalities occur in homes with no smoke alarms.

	The U.S. has one of the highest fire death rates in the industrialized world. For 2001, exclusive of the events of September 11, the U.S. fire death rate was 13.4 deaths per million population. Between 1992 and 2001, an average of 4,266 Americans lost their lives and another 24,913 were injured annually as the result of fire. These averages do not reflect the events of September 11. Each year, fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined. At least 80 percent of all fire deaths occur in residences. Between 1992 and 2001, an average of 1.9 million fires were reported each year. In 2001, direct property loss due to fires was an estimated $10.6 billion. There were 1,734,500 fires in the United States in 2001. Residential fires represent 76 percent of structure fires. 81% of all civilian fire deaths occur in the home. Children under the age of 10 accounted for an estimated 22.2 percent of all fire deaths. A working smoke alarm dramatically increases a person's chance of surviving a fire. Click Here for Allied Alarms' Fire Safety Tips

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