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Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Chief Keith Swindle released the following: According to the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) there were more than 1.4 million fires reported in the United States in 2011.  This translated into 3,005 civilian deaths and 17,500 civilian injuries.  The Anne Arundel County Fire Department urges all Americans to adopt [...]

In an effort to help you keep your family safe this Thanksgiving, we’ve got some fire safety tips. Probably the most important place for focus for fire safety at Thanksgiving is in the kitchen. It takes less than 30 second for a small fire on the stove to get out of control and turn into [...]

On Oct. 8, 1871, a huge fire in Chicago became on of the biggest disasters in American history. A small fire that started in a barn (allegedly after a cow tipped over a lantern) combined with a drought and a southwest wind carried the fire through dozens and dozens of city blocks, eventually destroying 3.3 [...]