Fire Safety
Florida Safeguard Inc. is FM Certified.
Florida Safeguard, Inc is a member of the National Fire Protection Association.
2011 Fire Statistics
1,389,500 Fires were attended by public fire departments in 2011.
484,500 Fires occurred in structures.
370,000 Fires, or 76% of all structure fires, occurred in home structures.
A Fire department responds to a fire somewhere in the United States every 22 seconds.
A Fire occurs in a structure at the rate of one every 65 seconds.
A residential Fire occurs every 85 seconds.
3,005 Civilian fire deaths occurred in 2011.
2,520 Civilian deaths, or about 84% of all fire deaths, occurred in homes.
17,500 Civilian fire injuries occurred in 20011.
13,910 of all civilian injuries occurred in residential properties.
An estimated $11.7 billion in property damage occurred as a result of fire in 2011.
Approximately $9.7 billion of property damage occurred in structure fires.
Approximately $6.9 billion of property loss occurred in residential properties.
For the complete report, including a description of the survey methodology, visit www.nfpa.org/fireloss.
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