Have yall every stopped to think how big our family is?

2006 stats from U.S. Fire Administration

1,140,900 (career: 316,950, volunteer: 823,950)

Firefighters by age group: 16-19 (3.9%), 20-29 (21.1%), 30-39 (28.7%), 40-49 (26.4%), 50-59 (14.9%) 60 and over (5.0%)

There were 3,245 civilians that lost their lives as the result of fire.

There were 16,400 civilian injuries that occurred as the result of fire.

There were 106 firefighters killed while on duty.

Fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined.

81 percent of all civilian fire deaths occurred in residences.

1.6 million fires were reported. Many others went unreported, causing additional injuries and property loss.

Direct property loss due to fires was estimated at $11.3 billion.

An estimated 31,000 intentionally set structure fires resulted in 305 civilian deaths.

Intentionally set structure fires resulted in an estimated $755 million in property damage.

Just something to think about.