July Fact Sheet

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• Like all buildings, hotels and motels can have fires. You can increase your chance of survival by being prepared and by doing the right thing in an emergency.

• Know how and where to build your camporee.
• Never use lighters, matches, or camp stoves inside your tent.
• Set up barbecue grills away from houses and trees.
• During electrical storms, stay away from water and trees.
• Boaters, shut off your engines before you add fuel.
• Every year there are over 4,000 deaths from accidental boating.
• The amount of injuries resulting from recreational boating in 1987 was
  3,501. This represented an increase from the 1986 total of 2,847.

• 39.5 deaths per 100,000 are due to accidents each summer.
• Barbecues can be dangerous as you deal with high temperatures, flammable liquids, and tender skin.

Source: NFPA 1988
NFPA 1989
SPM Journal 1989