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Estimated 3,675 die from fire in the U.S. in 2005
The American National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a study on August 1 illustrating the number of people who die from fire in the USA.
The study estimated that approximately 3,675 people die each year from fire (almost one every 2.5 hours).
While I can't currently find similar figures for Australia, there is quite a lot of information available from each of the fire authorities around the country.
Australia adopts new warning signals
Around the world, there is a move toward a International Standard for Acoustics-Audible Emergency Evacuation Signal, also known as a "Temporal-Three, T-3 or Temporal Tone". The temporal tone is being adopted around the world as the standard evacuation tone pattern and allows for better recognition by all Australians and people from other countries.
