The National Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education Foundation (NASFM Foundation) and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company are pleased to announce 117 fire departments across the United States have earned the Life Safety Achievement Award for their fire prevention accomplishments in 2012. (See list of award-winning departments below.) For over 20 years, this award has recognized fire departments nationally for actively promoting fire prevention in the pursuit of saving lives.
"When we hear the fire truck coming down the street and see its lights, we know firefighters are responding to someone in trouble. What we don’t know is that these unsung heroes are doing a lot of things behind the scenes that save lives," said Alan Clark, assistant vice president of Special Investigations at Grinnell Mutual. "The Life Safety Achievement Award recognizes fire departments for their fire prevention programs that have been proven to save lives year after year."
According to the National Fire Protection Association, in 2011, the most recent year for which statistics are available, more than 1.3 million fires were reported in the United States. The fires caused more than 3,000 civilian deaths, 17,500 civilian injuries, and almost $12 billion in property damage.
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