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It’s Fire Prevention Month in Folsom. Protect your Family from Fire!

What’s the best way to protect your family from fire? Be ahead of the game, of course. With more than 360,000 home fires reported in the United States in 2009, according to the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), your best defense is a good offense.

The Folsom Fire Department wants to help you prevent the leading causes of home fires -- cooking, heating and electrical equipment, as well as candles and smoking materials. Additionally, it urges people to protect their homes and families with life-saving technology and planning.

In 2009, 2,565 people died in home fires. Nearly all of these deaths could have been prevented by taking a few simple precautions like having working smoke alarms and a home fire escape plan, keeping things that can burn away from the stove and always turning off space heaters before going to bed. Fire is a dangerous opponent, but by anticipating the hazards, you are much less likely to be one of the nearly 13,000 people injured in home fires each year.

This weekend take a few minutes to discuss your family's home escape plan and have everyone practice it.

Don't forget The Folsom Fire Department's Fire Safety Open House next week, Saturday October 8th between 10 AM and 1 PM at Fire Station 35, 535 Glenn Drive.

Be fire safe!