Fires

Fires can be devastating to a home, property, community, or state. About 370,000 homes are the scenes of fires each year, and about 80 percent of deaths from fire occur in homes, according to the National Fire Protection Association. An overwhelming number of the victims are children and the elderly. Knowing fire myths from facts can protect you or someone you love from the pain of a home fire.

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1. Protecting Your Home Against Wildfires in Texas - Everyone's responsibility
   Texas Forest Service
   http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/shared/article.asp?DocumentID=412&mc=fire
2. Are You Ready for Wildfires?
   Federal Emergency Management Agency
   http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/wildfires.shtm
3. Debris Burning Safety
   General safety tips for: all outdoor fires; for burning household trash, leaves, brush piles and construction debris.
   http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/debris_burning_safety.pdf
   
4. Need to Burn Debris? Burn Within the Law
   Oklahoma State University
   http://www.okrangelandswest.okstate.edu/pdfFiles/OSUextPubs/F-501.pdf
   
5. Disaster Fire Safety
   United States Fire Administration
   http://www.usfa.fema.gov/safety/tips/disaster.shtm
6. Emergency Food and Water Supplies
7. Evacuation Grab and Go Box (PDF)
8. Fact Sheet: House Fires, Home Fires, and Building Fires
   Federal Emergency Management Agency
   http://www.ready.gov/america/beinformed/fires.html
9. Home Fire Information
   American Red Cross
   http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_584_,00.html
10. Is Your Home Safe From Wildfires?
    Texas Forest Service
    http://fcs.tamu.edu/housing/disaster_preparedness/pdf/wildfire_flyer.pdf
11. Fire Prevention
    Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Forest Service
    http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/education/prevention/default.asp
12. Texas Forest Service Fire and Drought Advisories
    http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/main/popup.aspx?id=1991
13. Wildfire Management
    Corpus Christi Extension Center
14. Working Together for Home Fire Safety
    United States Fire Administration
    http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/fswy11.pdf