Fire & Emergency Manufacturing. & Services Association (FEMSA) News

National Campus Fire Safety Month 2010 for campus fire safety education. Five people died in the 2009/2010 academic year, continuing a downward trend National Campus Fire Safety Month 2010 started on September 1 and marks the lowest period since 2000 for campus-related fire deaths. Five people died in the 2009/2010 academic year, continuing a downward trend. All of the fatalities occurred in off-campus housing which is where over 80% of the 140 fire deaths since 2000 have...

USFA launched an effort to encourage everyone to install and maintain home smoke alarms and sprinklers The nationwide ‘Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign' will emphasise how important smoke alarms are to the saving of lives. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has launched an effort to encourage everyone to install and maintain home smoke alarms and, if possible, sprinklers. More than 3,000 people die in home fires each year, and the majority of them have...