You may not be aware but the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that in the U.S:

• A fire department responds to a fire every 23 seconds.

• One home structure fire was reported every 89 seconds.

• One home fire-related injury occurs every 46 minutes.

• One home fire-related death occurs every three hours.

In 2020, 1,388,500 fires resulted in 3,500 civilian deaths and 15,200 injuries.

In addition, there were 62 non-COVID-19 on-duty firefighter deaths and 78 firefighter deaths that resulted from COVID-19 in 2020.

Although the number of fire-related deaths has decreased by 46% since 1980, 2020 marks a 23% increase from the record low number of deaths recorded by NFPA in 2012 (2,855).

The 2020 civilian fire death toll of 3,500 is 5.5% lower than the 3,704 total in 2019.

One- and two-family home fires account for 63.7% of civilian deaths and 56.6% of injuries.

Apartment structure fires account for 10% of deaths and 19.1% of injuries. For overall home fires, the 2020 rate of 7.2 deaths per 1,000 reported home fires was nearly the same to the rate of 7.1 in 1980.

It can’t be denied that fires lead to fatalities and injuries. In light of these incidents, there is a pressing need to have complete fire prevention and protection plan and faster emergency response time.

As the key players in the fire protection industry, Firesecurity Corporation and Firestop Construction Philippines Corporation have collaborated with 8E-Emergency to come up with an innovative fire protection system to significantly improve emergency response time in order to make homes, businesses, and people safer.