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![]() Haywood County's First Rural Fire Department
Sprinkler or Flatscreen TV? Both Cost About the SameYou gotta check out this video. If you think that extra $3500 you have would go better to a 60-inch flatscreen tv, riding lawnmower, or some other luxury, you may want to consider getting a home sprinkler system instead. All three cost about the same...
What We Can Do...
What We Will Do... This video is from Station 19-D in Houston, Texas. Keep watching as two firefighters burst through the front door, coming out with a victim...
Here is a video of a couple off-duty firefighters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who save a mother and two children from a burning suv...
Fire Statistics In the U.S., someone dies from a home fire roughly every three hours. Roughly half of all home fire deaths in the U.S. resulted from fires that were reported between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. But only one-quarter of home fires occur between those hours... More
Fire Prevention
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Did You Know? | Fire Prevention Tip # 1 |
Landlords must install smoke detectors in multiple-dwelling apartment buildings? But it is your responsibility to maintain them! Most fire deaths occur at home. Most occur in homes with no working smoke detectors. So why take a risk? Install smoke detectors! They really do work. And check batteries often! People die because of dead smoke detector batteries... More | By planning ahead, you can do a lot to prevent a fire. But once a fire starts in your home, there are only three things to do: first get out, close the door behind you, then call 911 from a neighbor’s home. Don’t go back into a burning building, no matter what. If you think someone is trapped inside, tell the firefighters when they arrive... More |
ISO Rating | History of "911" |
The current ISO Rating of the Center Pigeon Fire Department is 7/9E! A 7 Rating applies for properties up to 5 miles from the fire station. A 9E Rating applies for properties between 5 & 6 miles from the fire station. | The ability to dial a single number to report emergencies was first used in Great Britain, in 1937. In 1958, the American Congress first investigated a universal emergency number for the United States and finally passed the legal mandate in 1967... More |
Fire Departments Nearby Clyde Vol. Fire Dept. Canton Fire Dept. Waynesville Fire Dept. Enka/Candler Fire Dept. |