Fire Prevention

Cooking is, by far, the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries.

Facts About Cooking Fires

• Between 2008-2010, cooking accounted for 45 percent of residential building fires responded to by fire departments.
• Ninety-four percent of residential cooking fires are confined fires that result in little or no loss.
• Males face a disproportionate risk of cooking fire injury relative to the amount of cooking they do.
• Young children and older adults face a higher risk of death from cooking fires than do other age groups.
• Young children are at high risk from non-fire cooking-related burns.
• Unattended cooking is the leading factor contributing to cooking fires.
• Many other cooking fires begin because combustibles are too close to cooking heat sources.
• Frying is the cooking method posing the highest risk.
• More than half of the home cooking injuries occur when people try to fight the fire themselves.
• Educational effectiveness may be enhanced by linking burn prevention and fire prevention.
• Technology may be the best long-term solution to dealing with the cooking fire problem.

Communities: Getchell, Sisco Heights, and Lake Cassidy Area

Quick Links

• Smart 911
  
• Outdoor Burn Regulations
  
• Carbon Monoxide Info
• State Mob / Wildland
• WA Surveying Rating
• Smoke Detector Request
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