There is an important link between fire and fall safety.
According to the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) latest research, older adults are twice as likely as the general population to be killed or injured in a home fire. Moreover, each year, one in three adults experiences a fall with an average of one (1) in 17 going to the ER. Many times, EMS is dispatched to homes to help with lift assists for older adults who have experienced a fall. In fact, the NFPA reports that the fire service now attends to more falls than fires among older adults.