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Back to School Safety

Six million young adults will leave home to attend colleges and universities this fall. Whether heading to the residence hall, fraternity or sorority house or off-campus housing, packing fire safety equipment along with laundry baskets and shower caddies is a must.

In addition to a document that provides links to the recommendations of the leading fire safety experts, we have developed the following tools to educate yourself, fellow firefighters and college students about back to school safety:

Fire Safety
According to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), someone in the United States dies in a house fire every three hours, amounting to 3,000 deaths each year. Being fire safe is something everyone, no matter of age, should know how to do.

Carbon Monoxide Safety
Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America. According to The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), CO poisoning causes approximately 2,100 deaths in the US per year. The use of CO alarms could potentially prevent many of these deaths.