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Pioneering's Safe-T-element(R) Helps Eliminate Stovetop Cooking Fires on U.S. Naval Base in Sasebo Japan
A First in Fire Prevention - the Number One Cause of Household Fire is Eliminated DALLAS, Aug. 27...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nA First in Fire Prevention - the Number One Cause of Household Fire is\nEliminated\n\n\nDALLAS, Aug. 27 /CNW/ - Pioneering Technology Corp. of Mississauga,\nOntario (TSX-V: PTE), ("Pioneering") presented a first in fire prevention at\nthe U.S. Department of Defense's Fire and Emergency Services Training\nConference in Dal as yesterday. During the presentation Pioneering presented a\ncase study featuring U.S. Naval Base, Sasebo Japan. The study confirmed that\nthe Safe-T-element cooking technology in tandem with the Base's fire\nprevention and safety initiatives successfully eliminated 100% of the stovetop\ncooking fires at its Naval Station based on a pre-and-post analysis of 600\nhousing units over the past 18 months.\n\n\nCommander U.S. Naval Forces Fleet Activity Sasebo, Japan, Gerald Clarke,\nsaid of the results, "This product does everything it is supposed to do - help\neliminate cooking fires."\n\n\nFor the first time ever the number one cause of household fire, stove top\ncooking, a problem that has remained consistent since the fire prevention\ncommunity began collecting data has been eliminated in a statistically\nrelevant sample study under the watchful eye of the United States Naval Fire\nPrevention Services.\n\n\nAccording to the National Fire Protection Association household fires\nresult in direct losses of close to $1 billion annually. The U.S. Home Safety\nCouncil estimates that the average annual medical cost of residential fires in\nthe US is $7 billion. Stove top cooking is the Number One cause of residential\nfire in North America and on U.S. military bases globally. To date the only\nmeans of prevention has been education.\n\n\nFire Chief Wayne Senter, President of the Washington Fire Chiefs\nAssociation, said, "Our national stovetop fire incidence rate has stabilized\nat about 40% of all residential fires over the last few years. This is mainly\ndue to strong fire prevention education efforts from local fire departments.\nHowever, Safe-T-element provides an engineering solution that eliminates\nstovetop cooking fires, that's zero fire loss, zero injuries and zero deaths."\n\n\nNaval Station Sasebo has approximately 600 family housing units on its\nbase all of which are equipped with electric stoves. In the spring of 2007\nSasebo purchased its first Safe-T-element unit a...