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Title: What is

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What is
Fire Prevention ?

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Is it Code Enforcement ?
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Is it education?
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Is it this stuff ?
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Or these ?
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Its all of that and MORE .
A Comprehensive Fire/Life Safety Program
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So whos responsibility is it ?
Government ?
YES!
Fire Dept ?
Property Owner ?
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And Yours!
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I speak to you today, not of your rights as
Americans, but of your responsibilities. They are
many in number and different in nature. They do
not rest with equal weight upon the shoulders of
all. Equality of opportunity does not mean
equality of responsibility. All Americans must be
responsible citizens, but some must be more
responsible than others by virtue of their public
or their private position, their role in the
family or community, their prospects for the
future, or their legacy from the past. Increased
responsibility goes with increased ability. For
those to whom much is given, much is required.

John F. Kennedy 18 May 1963
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America's Fire Problem
gt4,000 deaths gt18,000 civilian injuries occur as
a result of fire. 115 firefighters killed while
on duty. 83 of civilian fire deaths occurred in
residences. 1.6 million fires were reported.
Many others are unreported, yet cause injuries
prop. loss. 15.7 billion direct property loss
31,500 intentionally set structure fires
resulting in 315 deaths.
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The Fire Safety Problem
The United States has the best buildings, the
best equipped and best trained fire service in
the world but,
an unacceptable number of fire deaths
year after year after year!
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Nothing To Boast About!

America today has the highest fire losses in
terms of both frequency and total losses of any
modern technological society.
(America at Risk - FEMA, May 2000)

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The serious losses in life and property
resulting annually from fires cause me deep
concern. I am sure that such unnecessary waste
can be reduced. The substantial progress made in
the science of fire prevention and fire
protection in this country during the past forty
years convinces me that the means are available
for limiting this unnecessary destruction.
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The challenge The appalling sacrifice of life
and property in fires most of them
preventable is an unfortunate commentary upon
our American civilization. Day by day in the
public press it is spelled out in grim statistics.
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10 Killed in Group Home Fire in Southwest
Missouri at Least a Dozen Others Hospitalized
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The American people are at least temporarily
shocked out of their lethargy and indifference by
holocausts such as the La Salle Hotel fire or the
Winecoff Hotel fire, when great loss of life is
concentrated in a single conflagration. The
public is much less aware of the daily toll - 365
days in the year in thousands of less
spectacular fires that leave behind them a trail
of dead and maimed, as well as smoking ashes and
ruins.
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Even a nation as prodigiously endowed with
natural resources and with wealth and economic
stability as the United States cannot continue to
absorb, without permanent impairment, the
profligate loss, year after year the
destruction becomes not only more tragic but
completely inexcusable.
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Official 12 of 13 miners dead
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
TALLMANSVILLE, West Virginia -- Eleven miners
initially reported to be alive

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Just weeks later

In one weekend
20 people died in fires

Twenty!
9 people, 6 of them children, in one fire alone!
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The Fire Problem exists

because we allow it to!
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More than all natural disasters
Combined !!
1998 - 2008

Natural disaster deaths

Fire
Tornadoes 609
Hurricanes 2126
Earthquakes 3
Total 2738
46,900
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If two cruise ships sank---- every year ---
Legend of the Seas 1,800 passengers Queen
Elizabeth II 1,791 passengers Disney Magic
1,754 passengers Century 1,750 passengers

Something would be done!

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Report to CongressCommittee on Commerce
of the House of Representatives andthe Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
SenateNational Highway Traffic Safety
AdministrationMotor Vehicle Trunk
EntrapmentFebruary 2000
1987 1998 25 deaths from entrapment in auto
trunks
Oct. 17, 2000 NHTSA issues new rules requiring
that all passenger cars with trunks have a
release or other automatic system to allow
children and adults to escape if trapped in the
trunk. The rules go into effect in September
2001.
During the same period 58,395 died in fire
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Experience is not always a good teacher

individuals under-perceive risk. The public
totally discounts low-probability,
high-consequence events. The individual says,
its not going to be this plane, this bus, this
time.
Dennis Mileti

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Lock The Barn Door!

Too many people, too many public officials, too
many cities place their trust in a fire engine,
in a good fire department, and these they should
have but no horse was ever saved by locking the
barn door after he was gone, and a fire that has
started is definitely much harder to put out than
one which never gets started. The real basic
answer to this whole problem, as you must
undoubtedly realize by now, if never before, is
prevention again let me say it Prevention!
(Governor Meadows of West Virginia - representing
Council of State Governments - 1947 Conference on
Fire Prevention)

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The solution is .
A Comprehensive Fire/Life Safety Program
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But Im too busy ...It costs too much Its not
my job
REALLY !?!
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Heard That Before!

Ways to reduce fire losses and deaths are
neither unknown nor arcane. The primary way and
the goal of any effort in this area must be to
prevent fires in the first place.
(America at Risk - FEMA, May 2000)

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Knowledge We HaveCommitment We Dont!

The frequency and severity of fires in America
do not result from a lack of knowledge of the
causes, means of prevention or methods of
suppression.
We have a fire problem because our nation has
failed to adequately apply and fund known loss
reduction strategies.
(America at Risk - FEMA, May 2000)

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What Would We Think?
If for more than 60 years, the medical profession
had known about the cause of a deadly disease and
had the cure at hand, but never bothered to
implement it and rid the society of the ill?
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The Organization LeadersRole Responsibility
The Leaders responsibility is, and effort must
be, directed to

Prevention
Not Recovery

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The Organization LeadersRole Responsibility

There are only two times to deal with fire and
life safety

Too Early
Too Late

And remember youre going to be criticized for
either so which would you rather face?
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Its easy to become complacent about the danger
of fire and come to the false belief that it
wont happen here or to me

However
Its even easier to mistake good luck for good
practice!
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It All Starts With You!
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The Fire Safety Problem
It can happen to you
It can happen here
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PERCEPTION

People think they are safest from fire in their
homes

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Reality

The risk of dying in fire is the greatest in
ones home
Solutions 2000

"Tomorrow, some of us may have to make
split-second choices to save ourselves and our
families. How will we react? What will it feel
like? Will we be heroes or victims? Will our
upbringing, our gender, our personality -
anything we've ever learned, thought, or dreamed
of - ultimately matter?"
The Unthinkable - Who Survives When Disaster
Strikes -- And Why by Amanda Ripley

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What is
FIRE
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Fire is

A rapid, persistent chemical change that
releases heat and light and is accompanied by
flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a
combustible substance.

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Fire is
FAST
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Reality

Flashover can consume a room and kill occupants
throughout the home in
2-4 minutes
Solutions 2000

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Can you beat it to the door?
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Fire is
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Fire is

Deadly Smoke and Gases

The smoke is the main event
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Dark

People routinely overestimate how well their
minds will perform in a real crisis

The actual threat is not nearly as important as
the level of preparation.
Artwohl and Christensen Deadly Force Encounters
The more prepared you are, the more in control
you feel, and the less fear you will experience.

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Evacuation Plans
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5. The preferred and any alternative means of
notifying occupants of a fire or emergency.
6. The preferred and any alternative means of
reporting fires and other emergencies to the fire
department or designated emergency response
organization.
7. Identification and assignment of personnel
who can be contacted for further information or
explanation of duties under the plan.
8. A description of the emergency voice/alarm
communication system alert tone and preprogrammed
voice messages, where provided.

404.3.1 Fire evacuation plans. Fire evacuation
plans shall include the following
1. Emergency egress or escape routes and
whether evacuation of the building is to be
complete or, where approved, by selected floors
or areas only.
2. Procedures for employees who must remain
to operate critical equipment before evacuating.
3. Procedures for accounting for employees
and occupants after evacuation has been
completed.
4. Identification and assignment of personnel
responsible for rescue or emergency medical aid.

5. The preferred and any alternative means of
notifying occupants of a fire or emergency.
6. The preferred and any alternative means of
reporting fires and other emergencies to the fire
department or designated emergency response
organization.
7. Identification and assignment of personnel
who can be contacted for further information or
explanation of duties under the plan.
8. A description of the emergency voice/alarm
communication system alert tone and preprogrammed
voice messages, where provided.

404.3.2 Fire safety plans. Fire safety plans
shall include the following
1. The procedure for reporting a fire or
other emergency.
2. The life safety strategy and procedures
for notifying, relocating, or evacuating
occupants.
3. Site plans indicating the following
3.1. The occupancy assembly point.
3.2. The locations of fire hydrants.
3.3. The normal routes of fire department
vehicle access.

4. Floor plans identifying the locations of
the following
4.1. Exits.
4.2. Primary evacuation routes.
4.3. Secondary evacuation routes.
4.4. Accessible egress routes.
4.5. Areas of refuge.
4.6. Manual fire alarm boxes.
4.7. Portable fire extinguishers.
4.8. Occupant-use hose stations.
4.9. Fire alarm annunciators and controls.

5. A list of major fire hazards associated
with the normal use and occupancy of the
premises, including maintenance and housekeeping
procedures.
6. Identification and assignment of personnel
responsible for maintenance of systems and
equipment installed to prevent or control fires.
7. Identification and assignment of personnel
responsible for maintenance, housekeeping and
controlling fuel hazard sources.

408.5.1 Fire safety and evacuation plan. The fire
safety and evacuation plan required by Section
404 shall include special staff actions including
fire protection procedures necessary for
residents and shall be amended or revised upon
admission of any resident with unusual needs.

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Fire Drills
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Drills should be
as realistic as possible, lighting, staff,
available exits, unusable exits

405.4 Time. Drills shall be held at unexpected
times and under varying conditions to simulate
the unusual conditions that occur in case of fire.

Kids remember stop, drop, and roll because we
make them rehearse it not because we make them
say it.
Richard Gist Kansas City, MO FD
Confidence comes from doing.
The trick is to embed the behavior in the
subconscious, so that it is automatic, almost
like the rest of the fear response.

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The training advantage