In 2010, there
were an estimated 369,500 reported
home structure fires and 2,640
associated civilian deaths in the
United States.
Fire
can spread rapidly through your
home, leaving you as little as two
minutes to escape safely once the
alarm sounds. Your ability to get
out depends on advance warning from
smoke alarms, and advance planning —
a home fire escape plan that
everyone in your family is familiar
with and has practiced.
Facts and
figures
Only one-fifth to one-fourth
of households (23%) have
actually developed and practiced
a home fire escape plan to
ensure they could escape quickly
and safely.
One-third of
American households who made an
estimate 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!
Safety Planning
Draw a home
escape plan and discuss it with
everyone in your household.
Practice the plan
night and day with everyone in
your home twice a year.
Know at least two
ways out of every room, if
possible. Make sure all doors
and windows leading outside open
easily.
We
receive many phone calls throughout the year from
concerned citizens, inquiring about telephone
solicitations they receive, purporting to be made on
behalf of the members of the Channahon Fire Protection
District.
We always share the same information with our residents:
We receive NO benefit from any of these telephone,
door-to-door or mailed solicitations. Most of
these solicitations are very carefully worded to suggest
that your donation will help local firefighters, local
retired firefighters or local
police
officers. That's just not true.
The members of the Channahon Fire Protection District
value our relationship with our residents and will
continue to take all steps necessary to maintain those
valued relationships.
Please use every opportunity to share this information
with your family, friends and neighbors.
Any donation a resident would like to make to the fire
district may be mailed directly to our
headquarters station at
24929 S. Center St., Channahon, IL 60410.
This is the only way to insure your donation directly
benefits the fire protection district.
Please call me at 815-467-6767 with any questions,
comments or concerns regarding this issue.
David S. Riddle, Chief
Channahon Fire Protection District
Channahon
Fire Protection District | 24929 S. Center Street
| Channahon, IL 60410
