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Electrical Safety in the Home... Don't get fried!
Gold Seal Living, Gold Seal Safety | August 30, 2011
Electrical Safety in the Home… Don’t get fried!

U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 51,800 reported home structure fires involving electrical failure or malfunction in 2007. These fires resulted in 451 civilian deaths, 1,641 civilian injuries and $1.2 billion in direct property damage. Facts & Figures Forty-one percent of home electrical failure fires involved electrical distribution or lighting equipment in 2003-2007. In 2003-2007, 53% of electrical failure…

Residential Fire Sprinklers | February 9, 2011
Fire Chief calls for help

Fire chief calls for residential sprinklers after fire destroys  home According to a report on BurlingtonFreePress.com, the chief of the Colchester Center (VT) Fire Company is re-issuing his call for local lawmakers to require automatic sprinkler systems in new homes. This comes after crews spent nearly six hour battling a blaze that eventually destroyed a local home. The fire started in a…

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