News Fire Departments to Host Safety House Posted 21 October 2008 As part of an ongoing fire prevention program, the Guttenberg Fire Department, along with the Garnavillo and Garber Fire Departments, will again be hosting the Blank Children’s Hospital Fire Safety House this Friday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon at the Guttenberg Fire Station, 210 Pearl Street, in Guttenberg.   This program is extremely helpful in presenting fire safety training to first and fourth grade children in this area. Local fire departments believes the program helps establish a base training in our first graders and then reinforces and reminds them in fourth grade. Firefighters will be on hand to assist and answer any questions. Fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined. Nationally, there are millions of fires, thousands of deaths, tens of thousands of injuries and billions of dollar loss. In 2006, fire departments responded to 412,500 home fires in the United States, which claimed the lives of 2,580 people (not including fire fighters) and injured another 12,925, not including fire fighters. Estimated loss in home fires during 2005 was nearly $7 million. One third of residential fires start in the kitchen, with cooking - specifically frying - as the primary cause. Kitchen fires are the leading cause of injury in a residential fire, accounting for one third of home fire injuries. Smoking is the leading cause of death in residential fires. Eighty percent of smoking-related fire fatalities result from fires originating in upholstered furniture, mattresses or bedding, or clothing. An unequal number of fire deaths occurs among young children; age nine or younger. Often, children do not learn proper fire safety behavior such as dropping and rolling on the ground if clothing ignites, and crawling instead of running out of a house. Education is a powerful tool to help prevent the death of children in fires. Contact Captain Joe Zittergruen (563) 880-1723 with questions regarding the local fire prevention and safety program or visit the Blank Children’s Hospital website and view information about the Fire Safety House.

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