During winter months. Nearly half (46%) occur from December through February. During overnight hours. Residents are slower to react when a fire starts at midnight to 6 a.m.

When President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the first National Fire Prevention Week on October 4–10, 1925, he noted that in the previous year some 15,000 lives were lost to fire in the United States.

Fire Prevention The Purdue University Fire Department's Fire Prevention division consists of a lieutenant and a fire prevention specialist. The purpose of the specialist position is to focus on ...

SIEGLER: Right now, though, agencies are feeling good about the slow start to the summer fire season because it's allowing them to do more prevention work.

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Walton County Fire Rescue (WCFR) is launching a Fire Prevention Division to promote community safety and reduce fire risks.

Since 1925, Fire Prevention Week has been observed the week of Oct. 9, Sunday through Saturday, coinciding with the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, which burned Oct. 8-10, 1871.