Focus on Fire Safety: Protect Your Family from Fire Fires can strike anywhere – in buildings, automobiles, and the outdoors – but fires that affect our homes are often the most tragic and the most preventable. Over 75% percent of all fire fatalities occur in home fires. This year's National Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15) theme is Protect Your Family from Fire.You can protect your family by: Installing smoke alarms on every level of your home, Testing smoke alarms once a month, Changing smoke alarm batteries at least once a year, and Making and practicing a home fire escape plan.