Fall 2020 Newsletter
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One Family – Two Fires
In the late evening of February 29th, my husband and I were on our way home from vacation. Tired from our three-hour drive from the airport in Baltimore, Maryland to Selbyville, Delaware, we saw flashing lights in the distance. [...]
Fire Safety Advocates Share Their Stories of Fire on Common Voices’ New Website
June 19, 2017 – Common Voices, an advocates’ coalition determined to create a fire safe America, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website, www.FireAdvocates.org. It provides resources and information to assist fire departments and fire safety advocates with [...]
Tina Jordan Responds to Fatal Grenfell Tower Fire in London
In 1992, a house fire forever changed my life and the life of a six-week-old infant. I am a nurse and this infant became my patient after the house fire he was in left him legally blind and forever [...]
Legislative Day in Washington, D.C.
On April 6, 2017, Common Voices partnered with the National Fire Sprinkler Association and fire chiefs from across the nation to share information about the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act (H.R. 1481/S. 602). With teams that included advocates, paired up [...]
Common Voices, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors Champion Fire Sprinklers After New Year’s Day Fires in MA
January 6, 2017 – On New Year's Day morning two apartment fires raged in Massachusetts. Fire ripped through a Holyoke apartment building claiming the lives of three residents and displaced over 50 others. Fire also quickly raced through a [...]
Call To Action After Six-Year-Old Dies In Plainfield
September 26, 2016 – Common Voices is working to provide education regarding modern fire and the threat it poses following last week's fire in Plainfield, CT that claimed that life of a six-‐year-‐old girl and left her mother fighting [...]
Tragic Massachusetts Fire Underscores Need for Fire Sprinklers in Townhomes, Says Common Voices
December 9, 2015 – Lynn, Massachusetts just experienced something that no town or community wants to experience, a fire in an apartment building without fire sprinklers. This fire leaves 4 citizens dead, and many with emotional scars that won’t heal [...]
Wisconsin Burn Survivor’s Story and Fire Sprinkler Advocacy Earn Award from Wisconsin Broadcasting Association
May 7, 2015 – Press release courtesy of the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Fire Sprinkler Association: The theme of the PSA is “If you had the power to prevent fire injuries and deaths, wouldn’t you use it?” It [...]