What’s at Stake?

Statistics show that, on average, fire kills eight people each week in Canada, with residential fires accounting for 73% of these fatalities. In the United States, the number is six times higher, with an average of 48 people killed each week.

What’s the Danger?

Fire spreads quickly.

• In two minutes, a fire can become life-threatening.
• In five minutes, your home can be engulfed in flames.

The bigger danger is the heat and the smoke:

• Inhaling the super-hot air can sear your lungs. Fire also produces poisonous gases that make you disoriented and drowsy. So instead of being awakened by fire and […]

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