A First in Fire Prevention - the Number One Cause of Household Fire is Eliminated
DALLAS, Aug. 27 /CNW/ - Pioneering Technology Corp. of Mississauga, Ontario (TSX-V: PTE), ("Pioneering") presented a first in fire prevention at the U.S. Department of Defense's Fire and Emergency Services Training Conference in Dal as yesterday. During the presentation Pioneering presented a case study featuring U.S. Naval Base, Sasebo Japan. The study confirmed that the Safe-T-element cooking technology in tandem with the Base's fire prevention and safety initiatives successfully eliminated 100% of the stovetop cooking fires at its Naval Station based on a pre-and-post analysis of 600 housing units over the past 18 months.
Commander U.S. Naval Forces Fleet Activity Sasebo, Japan, Gerald Clarke, said of the results, "This product does everything it is supposed to do - help eliminate cooking fires."
For the first time ever the number one cause of household fire, stove top cooking, a problem that has remained consistent since the fire prevention community began collecting data has been eliminated in a statistically relevant sample study under the watchful eye of the United States Naval Fire Prevention Services.
According to the National Fire Protection Association household fires result in direct losses of close to $1 billion annually. The U.S. Home Safety Council estimates that the average annual medical cost of residential fires in the US is $7 billion. Stove top cooking is the Number One cause of residential fire in North America and on U.S. military bases globally. To date the only means of prevention has been education.
Fire Chief Wayne Senter, President of the Washington Fire Chiefs Association, said, "Our national stovetop fire incidence rate has stabilized at about 40% of all residential fires over the last few years. This is mainly due to strong fire prevention education efforts from local fire departments. However, Safe-T-element provides an engineering solution that eliminates stovetop cooking fires, that's zero fire loss, zero injuries and zero deaths."
Naval Station Sasebo has approximately 600 family housing units on its base all of which are equipped with electric stoves. In the spring of 2007 Sasebo purchased its first Safe-T-element unit as a trial to test its performance. Based on the success of that trial Sasebo purchased Safe-T-elements to equip 545 ranges in June 2007 and began implementing them in housing units being renovated or as new personnel moved in to ensure a seamless transition. By the beginning of 2008, 95% of Sasebo's housing units were equipped with the Safe-T-element technology. Since then the Sasebo Naval Station has experienced "ZERO" cooking fires, for the first time ever.
Sasebo Fire Prevention Chief Moses Gibbs III said, "I believe in this product and our installation program has been a complete success."
As a result of this success, the Safe-T-element technology is now mandated on all stoves on the Sasebo base for residential housing. All scope of work, engineering and technical drawings include the technology as a design and purchasing requirement.
Pioneering Technology was recently invited by the Deputy Director of U.S. Navy Fire & Emergency Services in Washington, DC to present the technology and the results of this Case Study to the Navy's Fire Prevention Working Group in Crystal City Virginia. Based on the success of this presentation Pioneering was invited to present yesterday at the Department of Defense's Fire and Emergency Services Training Conference in Dallas.
Pioneering CEO Kevin Callahan said, "This technology has been a long time coming, taking time to gather definitive statistical evidence like this. Results like these are what are driving fire prevention and safety officials to encourage legislators, regulators and stove manufacturers, to recognize the potential of this technology for saving lives, properties, energy and tax dollars."
Safe-T-element was also recently recognized by the US Air Force as an alternative means of compliance with their UFC 3-600-01 military code requirement for a range fire safety system, meaning that a range that includes the Safe-T-element technology is considered a "fire safe" range and is one of only two technologies that must be included in all commercial stove applications.
About Pioneering Technology Corp. & the Safe-T-element(R) (STE) cooking ----------------------------------------------------------------------- system ------
Pioneering is an "Energy Smart" product innovation company based in Mississauga, Ontario, that engineers and brings to market energy smart solutions for consumer products making them safer, smarter and/or more efficient. The patented Safe-T-element(R) cooking system was engineered to help prevent stove top cooking fires, the number one cause of fire in North America, and to reduce the amount of electricity required to cook. The Safe-T-element(R) cooking system is available as both a retrofit and pre-installed on new stoves. For more information visit: www.safetelement.com. Pioneering trademarks include Safe-T-element(R), Safe-T-Sensor(TM), Powergril(TM), Battery Eliminator(R), Powerpak(TM) and the Hydro-free Furnace Fan(TM). For more information visit: www.pioneeringtech.com.
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