Disaster Demystified: Your Questions Answered

What’s the deal with Home Fires?

• Home fires affect more people than all other major disasters.

• The recovery from a home fire is no different than that of a large scale disaster but these people do not have access to the same federal and state resources.

  • There are over 1,000 home fires every day in the U.S.

  • There are 9 home fires every day in Colorado.

  • There are 2 home fires every day in the Denver Metro Area.

• OFP was created and exists to create a community for home fire survivors - a community that they lack as they experience these disasters in isolation.

• There is no other organization in the country that provides long-term recovery support for home fire survivors.

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