Fire doesn't care about you

Fire affects everyone, in all walks of life.  It doesn't care if you are rich or poor...black or white....man or woman....old or young.....it will destroy everything in it's path until it has nothing left to destroy. Then it will go away. For a little while anyway.

Fire affects everyone...that is not hyperbole.  That is an absolute fact. Think about it.  You know someone along the way who has been affected by fire.  Whether they had a minor fire at their house (maybe they had a lawn mower burn up, or their shed burn down), or a fire where they work; or they had a major fire at their house and were displaced.  Think about it.  You know someone.  Hey, maybe that someone is you?

The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) has done some studies on this.  The numbers are pretty staggering.

On average....you will have FIVE fires in your home in a lifetime. Three of which that will be cooking related.  Hmmmmm....now it's starting to make sense.  Maybe you have been affected by fire, but never thought of it that way, because nothing REALLY happened.  Yet.

NFPA also has some data that suggests that ONE in FOUR households will have a REPORTED fire.  Thats where you have to call the fire department.  Thats when you are thinking "my house is going to burn down!!!"....Have you ever had to call the fire department? It was probably unsettling....

Last bit of data here......ONE in ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY (1:140) reported fires will involve a fatality.  Chew on that for a little.

1:140

Meh...less than 1% right?  But do you go and play the lottery in hopes that you beat the odds of 1:175,000,000?  Do you wear your seatbelt every time you get in your car, even though the odds of getting killed in an accident are 1:37,000 (about 0.003% chance).

Fire affects everyone. Equally.