Fire Safety Tips
Install smoke detectors, test monthly, & change the batteries at least twice a year.

Make an escape plan with your family, PRACTICE the plan so everyone knows what to do.
A. Install Smoke Detectors
B. Plan two ways out of every room
C. Crawl low under smoke
D. Have a meeting place
E. Go to the neighbors and call for help. In Livingston County, call 911.

Remember! When Fire Strikes: Get Out! And Stay out!


Fire Facts
  • Most of cooking and heating equipment fires involve human error.
  • In the United States 95% of all homes have at least one smoke detector.
  • Using sprinklers and smoke alarms together can cut your risk of dying in a home fire by 82%.
  • One out of every four home fire deaths resulted from a fire started by smoking materials.
  • Eight out of ten fire deaths take place in the home. In 2001, 3,110 civilians died in home fires.
  • In residences with sprinklers installed, 90% of fires are contained by the operation of just one sprinkler head.