Skip to content
Flower Mound News

Senior Talk DFW: October is National Fire Prevention Month

Senior Talk DFW: October is National Fire Prevention Month
Photo: Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper) · view original

At age 65, older adults are twice as likely as the population at large to be killed or injured by fires. By age 75, that risk increases to three times that of the general population—and to four times by age 85. Fire service now attend more falls than fires among older adults. There are simple ste...

Sources and story details