“US fire departments responded to an estimated average of 173,200 home structure fires per year started by cooking activities in 2013-2017, or an average of 470 home cooking fires per day. These fires caused an average of 550 civilian deaths, 5,020 reported civilian fire injuries, and $1.2 billion in direct property damage per year.
Unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking fires and casualties. ”
Stovetop Safety
It is so easy to get distracted while cooking. Visitors, a phone call, something interesting on TV and many other distractions demand our attention. These distractions only get amplified when the person doing the cooking is living with some type of impairment.
Fortunately, with the advancements in technology, there are solutions available to reduce the risk of these events reaching the point of an actual fire.
AbilityTech has researched and tested many of the solutions available, from the low tech options to devices which actually monitor cooking activity. Finding the right solution is just a conversation away.
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