5.4.2010
PROMOTING Arson Awareness Week
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Public Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther is sponsoring resolution 0057X-2010 to recognize Arson Awareness Week in Columbus. Arson of vacant and abandoned homes and businesses continues to be problematic in central Ohio, resulting in multiple injuries to firefighters and civilians. In 2006, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimated there were 316,600 intentional fires reported in the United States, causing ten firefighter deaths and 7,825 firefighter and civilian injuries. Each year, an estimated $1.1 billion in direct property damage is caused by arson. Councilmember Ginther has invited Columbus Fire Lieutenant David Sawyer to present ways citizens can assist the Division of Fire in fighting arson in Columbus.

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