Every 23 seconds, a fire department responds to a fire somewhere in the nation. In total, public fire departments responded to 1,389,500 fires in 2011, an increase of 4.4 percent from the year before, according to the “2011 National Fire Experience Survey,” published by the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Fire Analysis and Research Division, Quincy, Mass. In short, fire never takes a holiday.
“Would you want to ride in a car that didn’t have a spare tire, or be in a fire without a fire alarm? When it comes to safety and security, everyone needs a fire alarm,” summarizes Ron Kruk, product manager, fire and life safety, Firewolf, Napco Security Technologies Inc., Amityville, N.Y.