{"id":213,"date":"2012-10-03T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2014-07-16T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T14:51:21","slug":"national-fire-prevention-week-fire-station-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/2012\/national-fire-prevention-week-fire-station-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"National Fire Prevention Week &#8211; Fire Station Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FPW12Banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-214\" title=\"FPW12Banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FPW12Banner-300x57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FPW12Banner-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FPW12Banner-500x95.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FPW12Banner.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Escape Planning\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to an NFPA survey, only one-third of Americans have both\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfpa.org\/categoryList.asp?categoryID=393&amp;URL=Safety%20Information\/For%20consumers\/Escape%20planning\" target=\"_blank\">developed and practiced a home fire escape plan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Almost three-quarters of Americans do have an escape plan; however, less than half actually practiced it.<\/li>\n<li>One-third of Americans households who made and estimate they thought they would have at least 6 minutes before a fire in their home would become life threatening. The time available is often less. And only 8% said their first thought on hearing a smoke alarm would be to get out!\u00a0<br \/>\nSmoke Alarms<\/li>\n<li>Almost two-thirds (62%) of reported home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.<\/li>\n<li>Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in reported home fires in half.<\/li>\n<li>In fires considered large enough to activate the smoke alarm, hardwired alarms operated 92% of the time, while battery powered alarms operated only 77%\u00a0 of the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Reproduced from NFPA&#8217;s Fire Prevention Week website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firepreventionweek.org\/\">www.firepreventionweek.org<\/a>. \u00a92012 NFPA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local fire stations will be\u00a0holding an Open House during fire prevention week.\u00a0Some that we\u00a0know about\u00a0are:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coppell Fire Station #3, on Parkway Blvd. &#8211; Sunday, Oct. 7 from 1pm-5pm<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Plano &#8211; Thursday, Oct. 11 from 6:30pm-8pm<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lewisville &#8211; Central Sta. on Valley Pkwy &#8211; Saturday, Oct. 6 from 10am-3pm<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Flower Mound &#8211; Central Sta. on Forums Dr. &#8211; Saturday, Oct. 13 from 10am-2pm<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Escape Planning\u00a0\u00a0 According to an NFPA survey, only one-third of Americans have both\u00a0developed and practiced a home fire escape plan. Almost three-quarters of Americans do have an escape plan; however, less than half actually practiced it. 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