FIRE PREVENTION

                FIRE PREVENTION: Make Every week FIre Prevention week!

LEARY SCHOOL AND MONROE COUNTY ESSAY WINNERS: 

The Monroe County Volunteer Firemen' Association announced the County wide -  2010 Fire Prevention Essay Awards on December 10, 2010. These following people were our local winners and their essays were sent on to the county. Jordan L'Esperance received a Plaque and $100. Nicholas Kachala received a certificate and $75.00 (Nick also won WNY VFA 4th Place) and our 3rd place winner was Ana Rydelel, she received a certificate and $25.00.  Rush-Henrietta had the top 4 winners in the county contest.  In the 5th  and 6th Grades, winner number 1 was Jordan L'Esperance - 5th Grade Leary School - Rush, NY, Winner number 2 Nicholas Kachala  - 5th Grade Leary School, Rush, NY.  3rd Place was Erin Guntrum - 6th Grade Roth Middle School, Henrietta NY and 4th Place went to David Parr - 6th Grade Roth Middle School - Henrietta NY.  The Rush and Henrietta Fire Departments with help from the schools staff have a very aggressive Fire Prevention program provided to all the schools in the district.  Congratulation to all the winners and also to those who took the time to do an essay.

EVERY STRUCTURE SHOULD HAVE SPRINKLERS

SPRINKLER FACTS: On December 28, 2005 at 3 am the 30 foot high Christmas tree in the Disneyland Hotel lobby caught fire - it was extinguished with ONE sprinkler head in the ceiling over the tree! 

15 years worth of data in Scottsdale Az. (who has had a sprinkler ordinance since 1986) showed the following. There were 49 single family homes equipped with sprinklers that had fires. There were NO deaths or serious injuries in those fires! In the same period 13 people died in fires in single family homes in that same area without sprinklers.

Sprinklers prevented over $20 million in losses. Average loss in a sprinklered home was $ 2,166.00.  In the non-sprinklered home the  average loss was $45,019.00. 90% of the fires were controlled by ONE sprinkler going off (contrary to what you see in the movies and TV shows where they all go off and water runs everywhere). The sprinkler systems discharged an average of 341 gallons of water per fire. The firefighters hose lines averaged 3,000 gallons of water per fire. Many uninformed people worry about water damage in a sprinklered building!  Things will dry out - fire damage cannot be repaired.

Residential sprinklers do work and only add 1% to 1.5% to the cost of  the building when constructed.  In Scottsdale it is 80 cents a square foot! At ONE DOLLAR the cost on a 1,800 Sq. Ft. home would be $1,800. Many insurance companies give up to a 30% discount on the cost of your policy if you have a sprinkler system in your property. (this information came from the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition)

2008 Update: From 2004 thru 2008 there were 2,500 fires in homes protected by fire sprinklers. No fire related deaths were reported in any of those fires! In 1975 due to construction and furnishings you had 15 to 17 minutes to get out, in 2003 you have as few as 3 minutes to get out. Smoke alarms only may not give you enough time to get out. New lightweight constructions and modern furnishings burn much faster and hotter. In 2006 66% of fire deaths and 25% of firefighter deaths took place in one and two family homes.