In The Home Fire takes a disproportionate number of our young, our elderly, and our disabled. Residential fire mitigation codes are largely misunderstood and sporadically enforced. Residential fire is now the number one killer of pre school age children. Residential fire causes about 10 billion dollars in property damage each year.
Residential fire is the number one cause of fire fighter fatalities.
The CCC has done more work in this arena than any other that we are involved with. In many fire mitigation areas, we have done more research than any other organization. Our organization supports the installation and use of smoke detectors in all residences. While we know that smoke detectors save lives, we also know that they don't always function as expected. A recent study by the Canadian government found that total reliance on smoke detectors is unwise .