Sep 11, 2008
According to the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) overall fire statistics in 2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,557,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,430 civilian fire fatalities, 17,675 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $14,639,000,000 in direct property loss.
By Tamas Mondovics
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