Fire Prevention Bureau
Phone: 973-983-2872
Fax: 973-627-8426
Emergencies: 911 |
Office of the Fire Marshal
Craig Babcock, FO, IAAI-FIT
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Life Hazard Inspectors |
Non-Life Hazard Inspector |
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Jack Elko |
Fred Weber |
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Joe Giordano |
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Scott Kotteles |
Smoke Detector Inspectors |
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Jim Miller |
Everett Graner |
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Jim Russo |
Dave Moran |
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Bert Parks |
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Jim Russo |
Causes of Home Fires
From National Fire Prevention
Association 2009 data
(3)
Candles were the third leading cause of
home fire injuries – mostly from burning
candles left unattended.
(2)
Heating is the second cause of home
fires, fire deaths, and fire injuries.
Avoid furnace fires and furnace
back-fires (oily smoke throughout your
home).
Have your furnace cleaned and
serviced once a year.
This is much cheaper and smells a
lot better.
(1)
Cooking is the #1 cause of home fires
and injuries.
Unattended cooking is by far the
leading cause of kitchen fires. Keep a
fire extinguisher by a kitchen exit and
use it only on small fires, otherwise
leave immediately and call 911.
Note:
all fires start as small fires.
Smoke & CO Detectors
Almost all U.S. homes
have at least one smoke alarm, but two
thirds of home fire deaths result from
fires in homes without working
smoke alarms.
Test smoke alarms once a month
and change the battery twice a year the
same time you change your clock.
Smoke detectors last 10 years.
The date of manufacture is on the
bottom, sometimes under the battery
cover.
CO detectors last 7 years.
When they are near the end of
their life span both make the same
chirping sound they make when the
battery is dying.
If you think you have a cricket
on your ceiling, check your detectors.
Residential Sprinklers
Only in the movies or
on TV does every sprinkler activate when
there is a fire or the bank robber is
trying to escape.
In 90% of fires with sprinkler
systems only one head activates.
Only the head(s) directly over
the fire activate by the heat.
90% of fires are extinguished by
one
Smoke
Detector Compliance Application
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