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Stay firesafe when you’re away from home!
Learn about fire safety when staying at a hotel, short-term or vacation rental.
There are an estimated 3,900 hotel and motel fires each year, resulting in 15 deaths, 100 injuries and $100 million in property losses.
When staying in hotels or motels, always:
- Choose accommodations equipped with hard-wired smoke alarms and automatic fire sprinkler systems in each guest room.
- Locate the 2 nearest exits from your room.
- Count the number of doors between your room and the exits.
If you're in a short-term rental, always:
- Know the address of the rental property.
- Ensure there are working smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the rental.
- Know 2 ways out of every room.
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Community risk reduction
A community risk reduction (CRR) program can help your department take what you already know and lower the risks within your area of operation. CRR uses a wide variety of tools to form a strategic and integrated program focused on reducing the occurrence and impact of local risks.
There are dozens of ways you can use Fire Is Everyone's Fight to help teach people in your city or town to be safe from fire. Join the fight for a few ideas to get you started.