Fire Tragedies Dominate News During National Home Safety Month
PEARL Protected, makers of the recessed permanent fire escape ladder, urges homeowners to create and practice fire safety escape plans.
Atlanta, Ga. (PRWEB) June 19, 2007 — Just midway through National Home Safety Month, tragic house fires continue to dominate the headlines. There have been more than a dozen major multi-death house fires reported by the media in the past three weeks, including two house fires in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Louisville, Kentucky that killed seven children.
David Duley, CEO of PEARL Protected®, the creators of the patented Permanent Escape And Rescue Ladder (PEARL®) for two and three-story homes, comments: “These tragedies are horrific. But, the real tragedy is what we don’t learn from the headlines. How many of us will go home and practice our fire escape plan or test our smoke alarms? It should be the first thing we think of when we hear of people, especially children, losing their lives in house fires.”
Today, PEARL Protected urges homeowners and residents to complete the Home Safety Council’s Home Safety Checklist which can be found online at www.hsc.org. This comprehensive checklist will walk readers through all aspects of home safety, from fall prevention to poison control and fire safety.
Additionally, PEARL Protected shares tips on how to prepare a customized fire safety plan for your home based on four critical components: prevention, detection, suppression and escape:
Prevention
Detection
Suppression
Escape
PEARL has become one of the most recognizable names in residential fire safety innovation and education. As a permanent escape ladder that is recessed into the interior wall space beneath second or third story windows, PEARL is designed to be quickly and easily deployed in the event of a fire, home invasion or other home emergency. The device features high-tech engineering and materials that make it the most reliable and easy-to-use secondary escape option on the market today. PEARL has received the Home Safety Council’s 2006 Product Innovation Award and has been featured on multiple episodes of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. PEARL has been also been showcased on NBC’s Today and CBS’s The Early Show.
To learn more about how to protect your home, please visit the National Fire Protection Association’s website at www.nfpa.org. For more information on the PEARL permanent escape ladder, visit www.pearlprotected.com.
About PEARL Protected
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, PEARL Protected is redefining the standards of home and fire safety through its patented, breakthrough product – PEARL – a revolutionary Permanent Escape And Rescue Ladder that can be quickly and easily deployed in the event of a residential fire or other home emergency. It is currently available through a variety of channels, including the nation’s largest homebuilders, building supply dealers, home safety companies and remodelers and maintenance specialists. PEARL can also be ordered directly through the PEARL Protected website (www.pearlprotected.com) or via phone at 800.374.5737.
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