I have met so many people who don't have working smoke alarms, nor do they practice fire drills. It's a cross between complacency and ignorence. Many people don't think that a fire could occur in their home. This is a deadly assumption. I'm sure that you remember how to 'stop, drop and roll', but it doesn't end there. That's only the beginning. An overloaded outlet can spark a fire, a pile of oil soaked rags in a trashcan can start a fire, not properly cleaning out the lint screen in your dryer can start a fire, leaving plastic containers on your stovetop while using the oven can start a fire....the risks are everywhere.

What can you do to prevent fires on your home and from injuring and/or killing you or members of your family? It's easy, doesn't take a lot of time and encourages time together with your family.

Visit http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=1438&URL=Learning/Fire%20Prevention%20Week%202007

Think you know how to stay alive? Take this quiz and find out! http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//Quiz/fire_prevention_week_quiz_07.html

Visit Sparky and learn how to escape from a fire! http://www.sparky.org/ (made for kids)

Picture this. You are enjoying a nice summer afternoon with your family. You are using your bbq to cook up some delicious, mouthwatering steaks. Suddenly you feel instense heat and pain crawling up your forearm.....

What will you do? Run away? Grab that beer and pour it on yourself? Run inside to the bathroom?   

Find out! http://www.nfpa.org/sparky/PDF/StopDropRoll_E.pdf

Burns from a fire can lead to serious if not fatal health complications, long-term hospital stays, thousands of dollars worth of health care and emotional strain. Smoke inhalation can also do serious damage to your body. Why take a risk? Get a working smoke detector for every level of your home. If you are confused as to where to put the smoke detector, call your local fire depatrment; they would be more than glad to help. In a lot of areas, the law states that you have to have a carbon monoxide detector as well. These simple detectors can save your family from carbon monoxide poisoning, which leads to extensive brain damage and death if exposed for too long. Don't have any escape plans if that smoke detector goes off? Make one. Visit the listed links to make a personalized fire escape plan for you and your family.

Don't take the risk!!! Participate with members of your family and local fire department. Together, you can save lives; your own.

Sparky Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week Web site, www.firepreventionweek.org. ©2007 NFPA.

On July 31, eleven small fires - mostly involving dumpsters - broke out overnight in the area of Liberty Village, around Dufferin and King Sts. Those fires were comparable to other suspected arsons this summer in the Bloor West Village, Christie Pits and Cabbagetown, which have all seen a similar rash of fires lit over a brief period of time in the past two months.

This video was taken from inside the mine where workers are trapped 1,500 fett below the surface. At the time of this posting, it is still not known if the workers are still alive.

Now this is messed up. A woman in Moscow is keeping 130 cats in her apartment...130!!!    

This one is heartwarming. Two guys had reared this lion from birth. They released him but returned a year later to check up on the lion. what a reunion!

Aaahhhh...this is.....i don't know....

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