Texas Insurer Trade Group, Industry Partners Donating Alarms to Local Fire Departments

The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), along with insurance industry partners First Alert, Travelers Insurance, State Farm Insurance, Hochheim Prairie and the Association of Fire & Casualty Companies in Texas, will donate over 2,500 smoke alarms to 36 Texas fire departments. The groups will distribute the alarms during Fire Prevention Week, beginning on Oct. 6.

According to the ICT, 19,000 structure fires in 2017 resulted in 82 fatalities in Texas alone. With over two-thirds of fire related deaths taking place in homes with no working smoke alarms, it’s critical to take steps toward eliminating those statistics.

Since 2005, ICT’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas program has distributed more than 25,000 smoke alarms across the state. Firefighters install these smoke alarms in homes where they work with homeowners to point out possible fire hazards.

Source: ICT