According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), fire departments in the United States responded to an estimated average of 210 home fires per year that were caused by Christmas trees between 2010 and 2014. These fires resulted in $16.2 million of direct property damage. In a quarter of these fires, an open flame, such as a candle, was too close to the tree. While these fires are not as common as other sources of fire, they are more likely to cause fatalities.

Between 2009 and 2013, fire departments in the United States responded to an estimated average of 860 home fires per year that were caused by decorations excluding Christmas trees. These fires resulted in $13.4 million of direct property damage. One-fifth of these fires started in the kitchen and one out of six started in a living room, family room, or den.

Given the number of flammable items that are often used for decoration during Christmas time, these fires can quickly get out of hand. To ensure the safety of the emergency personnel and the residents of the home, firefighters must work quickly to get the blaze under control. This takes a tremendous amount of teamwork and communication. These departments depend on P25 radios provided by RELM Wireless to keep them safe during these harrowing events.

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When a wildfire is spreading over a wooded area, it has the ability to take up a large amount of land. This causes the firefighters, often from different departments, to spread out in order to surround the fire in an attempt to control it. Due to the massive amount of land that the firefighters might have to cover, it may be difficult to keep in contact with the command center ensuring that all the firefighters are safe and in the correct positions.

The interoperability of P25 radios allow these firefighters to communicate in an effective way that is not possible with other radios. And if more firefighters are needed from other areas to support the effort, so long as they are also using P25 compatible radios, they can communicate with no problem. The ability of this communication has the ability to not just save residences, but the lives of members of the community.

P25 radios are essential for public safety officials to do their jobs effectively, keeping the communities they serve safe. Especially during the dry parts of the year and in areas that are covered with flammable growth, the interoperability that P25 radios offer allows the firefighters attempting to control the fire and protect the people in its path the communication necessary to do an exemplary job. RELM Wireless is proud to provide these brave safety officials with the proper communication tools needed to keep them, and those they protect, safe.

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