Operation Fire Safety - Cooking Tips

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Encourage home cooking fire safety in your community

These free materials are yours to use when educating citizens about home cooking fire safety. Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries. You can help prevent cooking-related home fires in your community with these safety tips, social media messages, public service announcements, and handouts developed by USFA and other organizations.

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Outreach materials from the U.S. Fire Administration

Based on 2006-2010 annual averages:

• Unattended cooking was by far the leading contributing factor in home cooking fires.
• Two-thirds (67%) of home cooking fires started with the ignition of food or other cooking materials.
• Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of these fires, but these incidents accounted for 16% of the cooking fire deaths.
• Ranges accounted for the largest share (58%) of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%.
• Three of every five (57%) reported non-fatal home cooking fire injuries occurred when the victims tried to fight the fire themselves.
• Frying poses the greatest risk of fire.
• Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires.

Source: National Fire Protection Association

Fire Is Everyone’s Fight™ is a national effort led by the U.S. Fire Administration to lower the number of home fires and home fire injuries in America. The goal is to change how people think about fire and fire prevention using social marketing strategies to address the broadest possible audience. Prevention of cooking fires is a current focus area for Fire Is Everyone’s Fight.

By registering to join Fire Is Everyone’s Fight, you will receive free access to download a community outreach guide, educational presentations, handouts, social media messages, op-ed’s and articles, public service announcements, customizable graphics, and much more.