House Fires – Statistics & Prevention

House fires and carbon monoxide poisoning are preventable situations if your home is equipped with the right detectors. American Total Protection has all of the security devices necessary to detect harmful levels of smoke and carbon monoxide , and devices that will alert you and the proper authorities if ever these substances threaten you or your family. Your home is an important aspect of your life, and the safety of your family inside of your home is even more important than the home itself. Making sure your home has properly functioning carbon monoxide and smoke detectors will ensure that your family stays safe.

House Fire Statistics

According to the National Fire Protection Association , you can expect your home to experience some type of house fire on an average of five times throughout the lifetime of occupying the home. Out of those house fires, only one of them will be reported to the proper authorities to prevent any damage from occurring. The chances of someone residing in the home being injured from an unexpected house fire are one in ten. On average, a household can unfortunately expect a house fire about every 15 years in accordance to an expected 78 years of living in the home. Typically, house fires involve small incidences like electrical fires, paper fires, or fires caused by unattended cigarettes . However, whether big or small, you want your home to be protected from fires.

According to the Carbon Monoxide Information Center , the United States sees over 150 individuals succumb to the dangerous toxin. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that has no odor and is considered the invisible killer because humans cannot detect harmful levels of the gas without the help of a carbon monoxide detector. Most carbon monoxide poisoning takes place because of faulty furnaces, fire places, stoves, or water heaters .

Protect Your Home

In the case of a fire starting inside of your home at a time when you or any member of your family is not there, American Total Protection has the highest quality security devices and systems that will automatically alert you and the proper authorities, plus will activate other devices that will put out the fire before too much damage is done. Our cutting-edge smoke detectors will sense even the slightest dangerous levels of smoke and will automatically alert you and authorities. Other security devices like our home automation system provides you with keypad alerts and can send notifications to your personal computer or mobile device in case of smoke being detecting in your home. These devices are also great detectors for harmful levels of carbon monoxide and other toxins that can be dangerous to inhale.

Not only are smoke, fire, and carbon monoxide detectors a great way to protect your home, but having a safety evacuation plan will help you and your family to survive in case smoke, fire, or carbon monoxide were to threaten your home. Make sure to create and review with your family a safety plan just in case. If you need help preparing a plan, one of our professionals will be willing to assist you with that as well.

For more information regarding fire safety in your home, call ATP Fire – (844) 287-3473. This is real life . You need a real security company . We are American Total Protection !

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