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ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY PREPARED FOR A DISASTER?
We never know when a public health emergency or disaster might happen. Whether the emergency is a hurricane, accident, flood, terrorist attack, or illness such as pandemic influenza, there are steps that everyone can take ahead of time that can lessen the impact when an emergency happens. Please visit Ready NC for more information on things you can do before an emergency happens.
Over the last three years, an average of 48 North Carolinians have been killed as the result of hostile fires each year. A high percentage of those deaths occur at home in a residence. Smoke detectors, fire alarms, family escape plans, fire resistive construction and plenty of easily accessible ways out in an emergency are all helpful to save lives and reduce injuries in a fire. However, the single most effective way to protect the life of family and friends in a residential fire is to have a fire sprinkler system. There has never been a multiple loss of life from fire in a structure with a working fire sprinkler system. Want more information....
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