FIRE PREVENTION WEEK | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 |
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F IRE P REVENTION & P ROTECTION
Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue
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OREGON OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Fire Prevention By the Num bers
A HOME FIRE OCCURS
IN OREGON EVERY
2 hours and 48 minutes.
1
hour
1
hour
48
min
Oregon home fires caused
$98.1 million
in property damage in 2015.
$26,600 average
dollar loss per home fire.
81%
of oregon home fire deaths resulted
from fires in homes with inoperable
smoke alarms or no smoke alarms.
49%
of Oregon fatal home fire
injuries occurred in homes with
no smoke alarms at all.
33%
of Oregon fatal home fire injuries
occurred in homes in which at least
one smoke alarm was present but
failed to operate.
63%
of reported home fires, where determined, in which
the smoke alarms were present but did not operate,
had missing or dead batteries.
The above information is based on NFIRS data reported
by Oregon fire agencies between 2006 and 2015.
Oregon State Police
OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
PHONE: 503-378-3473 | FAX: 503-378-1825
oregon.gov/osp/sfm | oregon.sfm@state.or.us
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