NAS Jax Fire Department earns 2006 Life Safety Achievement Award

For 14 years, the award has recognized the local fire prevention activities that contributed to reducing the number of lives lost in residential fires. The NAS Jax Fire Prevention Division qualified for this award in 2006 because it recorded zero fire deaths in structures during the year.

This is the 11th consecutive year, the division has earned this prestigious award. Although residential fires in the U.S. account for only 20 percent of all fires, they result in 80 percent of all fire deaths.

The RFSI is committed to reducing that number. A total of 675 fire departments in the United States, Canada, Italy, Japan and Greece received this award.

"Experience tells us that fire prevention activity and public education can significantly reduce life and property loss from residential fires," said RFSI Director Roy Marshall.

"Prevention and education are very cost effective compared to the traditional approach of relying on fire suppression. The Life Safety Achievement Award recognizes fire departments for their fire prevention efforts and encourages them to continually improve those efforts."

"We had zero fire deaths in 2006 and have an outstanding fire prevention program here. We really have a great team here," stated Chief Fire Inspector Charles McCoy.