How many of you have seen reports of an industrial fire broadcast on the evening news? What did you think when you saw the fire?

Did you ever stop and think about the employees and how they’re going to make a living now that their company has been destroyed?

We’ve been lucky, but that doesn’t mean that a fire won’t happen here today or tomorrow. A fire could move through this place very quickly, destroying our equipment and our livelihoods—and maybe injuring some of us on its way.

Our number one fire prevention tool is you. We rely on all of you to watch for fire hazards and to report them or eliminate them. And if a fire does break out, we depend on you to react appropriately. And to answer the first question, yes—it can happen to you!