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This Week's Highlights
- The first Fire Prevention Day proclamation was issued by President Woodrow Wilson in 1920 and four more ensued through 1924. Then in 1925, in the first year of his second term, President Calvin Coolidge issued the first Fire Prevention Week proclamation. This page provides access to the texts of these proclamations of the Presidents from 1920 to the present.
- Fire Prevention Week and National Security, what do these two have in common? During World War II they had a lot. See these rare World War 2 era posters for Fire Prevention Week recently scanned by the University of Edinburgh, Fire Safety Engineering Group.
- A new study just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine evaluated the cost-effectiveness and cost benefit of smoke alarm installation and giveaway programs. It concluded that while both types of programs compare favorably with other types of home safety intervention programs the installation approach may achieve a lower cost per outcome as compared to giveaway programs. Citation . Find more studies relating to smoke alarm installation and giveaway programs.
- 141 years ago - Great Peshtigo Fire of1871 | circa 1,500 fatalities | About this incident |
- 141 years ago - Great Chicago Fire of 1871 | circa 200-300 fatalities | About this incident |
On the lighter side: Who mastered fire? - the heated archaeological debate
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