Fires
Get your property up to code by training everyone onsite for the most common type of emergency, fires!
The Overall Fire Picture for 2009:
- There were 1,348,500 fires reported in the United States.
- There were 3,010 civilian deaths, 17,050 civilian injuries.
- There was $12.5 billion in property damage.
- 480,500 were structure fires causing 2,695 civilian deaths, 14,740 civilian injuries, and $10.8 billion in property damage.
- 219,000 were vehicle fires causing 280 civilian fire deaths, 1,610 civilian fire injuries, and $1.4 billion in property damage.
- 649,000 were outside and other fires causing 35 civilian fire deaths, 700 civilian fire injuries, and $328 million in property damage.
- A fire department responded to a fire every 23 seconds.
- One structure fire was reported every 66 seconds.
- One home structure fire was reported every 87 seconds.
- One civilian fire injury was reported every 31 minutes.
- One civilian fire death occurred every 2 hours and 55 minutes.
- One outside fire was reported every 49 seconds.
- One vehicle fire was reported every 146 seconds.
The nation’s leading fire departments have approved the RJWestmore Training System for fire emergency online training. We currently train over 350 million square feet of commercial occupants.
