Did You Know

In 2020, a fire department responded to a fire on average every 23 seconds in the United States, according to the National Fire Protection Association. A home fire was reported every 89 seconds, a home fire death occurred every three hours and 24 minutes and a home fire injury occurred every 46 minutes.
From 2012 to 2021, there were an average of 61,289 wildfires annually and an average of 7.4 million acres impacted annually. In 2021, 58,968 wildfires burned 7.1 million acres. As of September 2, 2022, nearly 48,500 wildfires have impacted about 6.2 million acres this year. Thank you to all of the firefighters that have helped prevent these numbers from being even higher. As Smokey says “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires”. Please contact Clarey’s for your wildland firefighting needs.
First attempts at firefighting can be traced as far back as the 2nd century. It was then that an Egyptian from Alexandria named Ctesibus built a basic hand pump that could squirt a jet of water, but the idea was lost until the fire pump was reinvented about AD 1500.

Today, fire fighters are a mix of paid, paid on-call and volunteer, but many areas still have fully-volunteer departments. It is clear that fire fighting is a brave and selfless profession with many challenges. Thanks to technology, though, fighting fires is becoming safer and more streamlined. There’s no way to predict what fire fighters of the future will look like, but we can be sure that they will continue to be heroic in the face of danger.

That fire extinguishers manufactured prior to October 1984 are required to be removed and replaced at their next 6-year maintenance or hydro-test per NFPA 10. If you have questions about your existing fire extinguisher; please contact us.

That the amount of manpower and skill necessary for firefighting prompted the institution of the first organized fire company by Benjamin Franklin in 1737. This just proves how smart Benjamin Franklin really was!

That in addition to our hands-on training for first aid, AED, firefighting, etc. Clarey’s offers various classes through online training programs. This ASHI blended learning delivers emergency care training by combining online lessons with hands-on, instructor-led skills practive and evaluations.

Among the known fire causes, cooking was found to be the biggest culprit in 2018, accounting for more than half of all residential building fires in the US. In comparison, only 9.4% of fire-based accidents were caused by heating. Sounds like a good reason to eat out instead of cooking!

That according to the NFPA there were approximately 1,140,900 firefighters in the United States in 2006. The total population of the United States in 2006 was approximately 300,000,000. This calculates to approximately one person out of every 265 is a firefighter!

That carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes. Please make sure that you don’t become a statistic. Make sure that you have a functioning carbon monoxide in your home. Please contact us if you are need a home carbon monoxide unit or monitor.

That leeches have 32 brains. So why don’t they rule the world instead of humans that sometimes don’t use the one they have!

That Romanian firefighters could not get their trucks close enough to a burning building, so they put out the fire by throwing snowballs at it. Now that is being resourceful.

That while Usain Bolt is fast, the cheetah can run almost three times faster at 70 MPH and the peregrine falcon can fly/dive almost 200 MPH! Bolt is definitely the most entertaining runner…the cheetah doesn’t normally pose after finishing a race!!

That Clarey’s Safety Equipment is your source for all your fire and safety equipment needs including service and training. We are proud to be the distributor for most of the major product lines in our industries. Please contact us information and pricing on your equipment, service and training needs.

That the “first” Mayo Clinic became known as the “1914 red brick building”. When it was first under construction; skeptics thought it was too big..there would NEVER be enough patients to fill it. Although the saying “If you built it they will come” was about a baseball field; it could have also been about the Mayo Clinic. If you’re every in Rochester, MN at the Mayo Clinic or for any reason; please stop in and see us.

That more Monopoly money is printed in a year than real money throughout the world. If only Monopoly money was accepted everywhere; how would that stimulate the economy?

That a house catches fire approximately every 89 seconds in the United States. Make sure that your home has at least one working fire extinguisher, smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector (more is better). Remember it is more important that you and your loved ones get out alive than it is save your belongings.
Almost 60% of deaths in house fires occur in homes without a functional smoke alarm.

That colonial laws in America required each house to have a bucket of water on the front stoop during fires at night. These buckets were intended for use by the initial “bucket brigade” that would throw water at fires.

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