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With the upcoming holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas upon us, there will be lots of cooking in the kitchen. Kitchen fires are a real problem and can lead to extensive damage of your home, not to mention the potential for loss of life.

Here are some statistics from the National Fire Protection Association for the year of 2006.

• Between 1999-2002, there were 114,000 reported home fires associated with cooking equipment every year, resulting in an annual 290 deaths and 4,380 injuries.
• Unattended cooking is the leading cause of home cooking fires.
• Three in 10 reported home fires start in the kitchen — more than any other place in the home.
• Two out of three reported home cooking fires start with the range or stove.
• Electric ranges or stoves have a higher risk of fires, injuries and property damage, compared to gas ranges or stoves, but gas ranges or stoves have a higher risk of fire deaths.

In the 20 years that I have been a firefighter, I have come across a lot of kitchen fires that could have been prevented with a little knowledge about safety in the kitchen. I hope that these tips will provide some useful information to you.

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With it being Fire Prevention Week here in the United States, I thought I would share some statistics from the National Fire Protection Association and some basic fire safety tips with all of you. If you didn’t know, I am a firefighter by trade, and have been for over 20 years. Some of these tips are things that I have seen that have resulted in fires or other problems in my career, so I hope they help.

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