Fire Prevention Week
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Press Releases
Fire Prevention Week: Protect your household by practicing home fire escape plan, testing smoke alarms
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, over the past seven years, more people have died in home fires in Pennsylvania than in any other state.1 During Fire Prevention Week (October 6-12), the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania reminds everyone to help protect your household by testing your smoke alarms each month and practicing your escape plan until everyone can get…
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Press Releases
Two minutes may be all you have to escape a home fire — the nation’s most frequent disaster
This Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15), the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania urges everyone to practice their two-minute home fire escape plan and test their smoke alarms to stay safe from the nation’s most frequent disaster. Two minutes is the amount of time that fire experts say you may have to safely escape a home fire before it’s too late.…
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