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 Every
year in North Carolina, some 200 children die from accidental
injuries and another 45,000 visit a doctor’s office for treatment of
such injuries. Safe Kids North Carolina works to prevent these
injuries in children 14 and under through education and outreach.
Safe Kids North Carolina along with law enforcement agencies across
North Carolina, State Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement
Administration are sponsoring a statewide prescription medication
take-back program called Operation Medicine Drop to prevent
accidental poisonings and abuse...
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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 |
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Fire Departments Nearby Clyde Vol. Fire Dept. Canton Fire Dept. Waynesville Fire Dept. Enka/Candler Fire Dept. |
