Presidential Message on Fire Prevention Week

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A presidential message for Fire Prevention Week urges Americans to test smoke alarms, fix worn wiring, and practice safe device charging, standard advice from fire safety agencies for decades. It also cites a prior executive order meant to streamline federal wildfire response and notes an effort underway to create a United States Wildland Fire Service to consolidate federal wildfire programs.

No data on fire deaths, response times, or the new agency's status accompanied the message.

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Reminding people to check their smoke detectors costs nothing and helps somebody, so no complaints there. But tucking a half-built federal wildfire agency and a vague executive order into the same breath as 'test your alarm monthly' is a bit like a landlord handing you a flashlight while mentioning he's still thinking about fixing the wiring. The actual test of any of this comes next fire season, not in a holiday message.

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