Cleveland Ranks No. 23 Among Cities

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[SNS 타임즈- LA] A home fire is reported in the U.S. every 86 seconds and 33 percent of home fires are started by children 6-9 years old

According to The Hartford's Home Fire Index, Cleveland, Ohio ranks No. 23 among the 100 U.S. cities with the highest home fire risk.

As part of the 70th anniversary of The Hartford’s Junior Fire Marshal program, which is one of the country’s oldest corporate-sponsored public education programs, The Hartford is donating a total of $20,000 to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cleveland Fire Department for fire safety education. The donation is part of a larger commitment the company made to all the cities on The Hartford's Home Fire Index.

In addition, to the monetary donation, The Hartford will also distribute Junior Fire Marshal educational materials to children in kindergarten through third grade in the Cleveland public school district. The Hartford Junior Fire Marshal classroom kit comes with The Hartford’s signature red fire helmets, an educator and parent guide and coloring posters designed to introduce fire safety concepts to children.

“The Junior Fire Marshal program is part of The Hartford’s ongoing commitment to help build safer communities,” said Debora Raymond, spokesperson for The Hartford’s Junior Fire Marshal program. “We are pleased to be able to bring this program to the city of Cleveland and empower the next generation of children to take an active role in reducing the fire risk in their homes.”

Many Cleveland residents engage in behaviors that can increase the risk of a home fire according to The Hartford survey. Charging a phone overnight is considered moderate risk, yet charging a phone overnight on your bed, leaving your kitchen with the stove on, or leaving a room with a candle burning are considered high risk. The survey findings for Cleveland:

46 percent admitted they had charged a device (e.g., cell phone, tablet, laptop) in or on their bed overnight in the past year – compared with 34 percent nationally; and

63 percent said that in the past year, they have left the kitchen while cooking something on a stove – compared with 58 percent nationally; and

36 percent revealed that they have left a room with a candle lit at least once over the past year – compared with 37 percent nationally.

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