Fire Kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined.
A residential fire occurs every 74 seconds in the U. S.
One out of every 5 U.S. homes will have a fire, burglary or carbon monoxide poisoning over the next 6 years
Sources: National Fire Protection Association 1998. Fire losses in the U. S., and fire in the United States. 1981 to 1996, 11th Edition.
U. S. Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization in the U. S., 1999.
