{"id":18607,"date":"2013-10-06T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18607"},"modified":"2013-10-05T20:40:07","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T00:40:07","slug":"use-fire-prevention-week-to-stay-safe-all-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18607","title":{"rendered":"Use Fire Prevention Week to stay safe all year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Observance offers ideal time to take precautions, state commissioner urges<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18609\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image2-300x114.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image2-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image2-150x57.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image2.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>HARRISBURG\u00a0\u2013 State Fire Commissioner Ed Mann today urged Pennsylvanians to take steps to prevent fires in their homes and businesses during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6 through Oct. 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s theme is \u2018Prevent Kitchen Fires\u2019,\u201d Mann said in a news release, adding that \u201ckitchen fires are the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Fire Protection Association, U.S. fire departments responded to 370,000 home structure fires in 2011, resulting in 2,520 civilian deaths and nearly $7 billion in damages.<\/p>\n<p>Working smoke detectors are one of the best ways to prevent fire injury and deaths in a home. Ideally, detectors should be placed in common areas of the home such as the kitchen and living room, as well as in each bedroom. Families should also create and practice an escape plan, so everyone in the home knows how to get out safely in the event of a fire or other emergency.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cAs we head into the winter months and residents fire up their wood stoves and fireplaces, people should also check their carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they are working properly,\u201d Mann said. \u201cSymptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning mimic the flu, so you could easily be overcome without realizing it, and unable to get help for yourself or your loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carbon monoxide is created when combustible materials burn incompletely. Often called \u201cthe silent killer,\u201d it is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas that can incapacitate victims before they are aware that they have been exposed. Sources of carbon monoxide can include wood-burning fireplaces and stoves, gas-fired appliances and fireplaces, grills and motor vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about Fire Prevention Week, including free resources for families and teachers, is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpw.org\/\">www.fpw.org<\/a>.\u00a0Information about how to prevent fires and prepare for all types of emergencies is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ReadyPA.org\/\">www.ReadyPA.org<\/a>. For more information about the fire service in Pennsylvania, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osfc.state.pa.us\/\">www.osfc.state.pa.us<\/a>, or call 1-800-670-3473.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observance offers ideal time to take precautions, state commissioner urges HARRISBURG\u00a0\u2013 State Fire Commissioner Ed Mann today urged Pennsylvanians to take steps to prevent fires in their homes and businesses during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6 through Oct. 12. \u201cThis year\u2019s theme is \u2018Prevent Kitchen Fires\u2019,\u201d Mann said in a news release, adding that \u201ckitchen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4260,4259,4258],"class_list":["post-18607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fire-prevention-week","tag-national-fire-protection-association","tag-state-fire-commissioner-ed-mann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}