It’s almost summertime, and that means water sports and long afternoons spent by the pool. Water safety becomes increasingly important this time of year, especially for very young children. Drowning is the leading cause of injury death in children ages 1 to 4, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Thursday.
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While there is a patchwork of information available on house fires, lead researcher Joanne Banfield from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Canada said the three-year study will see researchers reviewing current literature and up-to-date statistics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the cost of house fires to the health care system, homeowners, fire services, insurance companies and society as a whole. The study, which will also look at the benefits of automated sprinklers, will focus on Canada but will also include best practice procedures used in other parts of the world.
The Monsey, NY, house that went up in flames when a 4-year-old was left home alone for 15 minutes Friday had no working smoke detectors, a fire official said Saturday.
A loud beeping sound around 3 a.m. Friday morning saved a Chandler family of eight. Two grandparents, their two children and four grandchildren made it out of their home near Frye and Arizona Avenue because they had a working smoke detector.
Apr 252012
A supermarket bakery employee, her husband and three others were found dead inside a suburban Washington home Tuesday of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, rattling a close-knit community of immigrant churchgoers who wept, hugged and comforted each other outside.
Apr 192012
A man was burned after attempting to put out a bedroom fire at a home in the 14600 block of 36th Avenue in Phoenix on Wednesday morning, fire officials said.
Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers tells Action News fires have killed 14 people this year. 90-percent of the households involved didn’t have working smoke alarms. Smoke alarms may not prevent the damage to the home, but they will allow those inside time to escape the smoke and flames.
An upstate New York woman reportedly told investigators she accidentally started a fire that killed four of her children by burning pictures of her boyfriend inside her home, WUHF/Fox Rochester reports.
Apr 112012
In one of the deadliest nightclub fires in American history, 100 people died at a rock concert in Rhode Island nearly a decade ago. But the biggest killer wasn’t the flames; it was lethal gases released from burning sound-insulation foam and other plastics.
