Dilworth Fire » deaths http://www.dilworthfire.com official homepage of the Dilworth Fire Department Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:15:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fire deaths down in Minnesota http://www.dilworthfire.com/2010/01/03/fire-deaths-down-in-minnesota/ http://www.dilworthfire.com/2010/01/03/fire-deaths-down-in-minnesota/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:16:52 +0000 admin http://www.dilworthfire.com/?p=105 According to numbers released to the Associated press, the number of fire deaths dropped to the lowest numbers since the statistic started being recorded.

In 2009 there were 32 deaths attributed to fires, which is 20 fewer than what was reported in 2008.

For the first time in several decades, there were no fire fatalities attributed in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The decline in deaths has been attributed to many department’s rapid response time and aggressive firefighting tactics. The drop is also credited to a decline in smoking, an increase in inspections and increases in public safety education.

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