You wouldn't dream of it...dont leave matches or lighters anywhere a child can find them

A parent wouldn't dream of leaving a loaded gun in such a place that a toddler or even a teenager would have easy access to. All of us have heard time and again of the sad stories of a child playing with a loaded gun that had fatal consequences.
Yet every day and almost in every household you can walk in and find matches, lighters, lit candles and incense. All accessible and all very Dangerous. Just as with a loaded gun, one misstep can, and all too often has fatal consequences.
Please keep matches and lighters out of the hands of any one that you wouldn't let handle a loaded gun. Life is precious, the life you save may be very precious to you!

Facts & figures

• In 2006, children playing with fire started an estimated 14,500 structure fires that were reported to U.S. fire departments, causing an estimated 130 civilian deaths, 810 civilian injuries and $328 million in direct property damage.
• Nearly two-thirds (63%) of all fatal victims of fires by playing are children 5 years old and younger.
• Nearly two out of every three child-playing fires -- and four out of five associated deaths and injuries -- involve matches or lighters.

                       Thank you, Fire Marshal Bob
                                           West Valley City Fire Department