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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