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SECURITY
FACTS |
FIRE FACTS |
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38% of all assaults
occur during a home invasion.
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Residential property
was involved in
60 % of the structural fires started by
arsonists.
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60% of all reported
rapes occur during a home invasion. |
Of the arson cases
cleared by the FBI, 48 % involved juveniles
under the age of 18 |
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Homes on a corner
lot are more likely to be burglarized. |
A fire department
responds to a fire every 15 seconds. |
If your home has
had a burglary, the odds of being
burglarized again dramatically increase due
to the fact
that the stolen items have been
replaced |
Someone was killed by
a fire somewhere in the U.S. every 2 hours. |
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67% of all
burglaries involved forcible entry. Over
half (52 percent) of the burglaries occurred
during the daylight hours. |
A fire doubles in size
every 10 seconds |
Over 2.7 Million
Burglaries were reported to law enforcement
agencies in 1994 (the latest
published data), with 2 out of 3 being
residential. |
More than $250 in
property is lost to a fire per second.
80% of all fire deaths occur in the home |
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The value of
property stolen during burglaries was
estimated at over 3.6 billion dollars in
1994. |
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