Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation News
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December 8, 2008 - Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation announces new board members: Peggy Stracke, Ron Wallace, David Simmons and Jeremy Reifsnyder.
November 23, 2008 - Alpharetta Department of Public Safety received 25K donation from the Windward Business Association. (Full Release PDF)
August 13, 2008 - Alpharetta Department of Public Safety unveils new Child ID solution funded by the Public Safety Foundation. (Full Release PDF)
August 2008 Newsletter - click here
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March 19, 2008 - Alpharetta Department of Public Safety unveils new state of the art crime fighting tool - License Plate Reader system funded by the Public Safety Foundation. (Full Release PDF)
December 11, 2007 - Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation announces new board members: Debbie Wingate, Kim Matherly, Dan Dreslinski and Roger Wise.
October 9, 2007 - Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation has the first annual fund raising dinner at Benihana restaurant. Firefighters and police offices working together with Benihana chefs cooked up a great meal for an even better cause. [Photos]
September 27, 2007 - Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation held an appreciation event at Fire Station #1 to recognize the founding patrons. Pictures can be found here. [Photos]
June 29, 2007 - Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation receives donation from the Windward Business Association (PDF)
December 18, 2006 - Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation Gains City as a Recognized Partner
September 18, 2006 - Alpharetta announces formation of Public Safety Foundation
FIRE STATISTICS - 2005 United States
There were 3,675 civilians that lost their lives as the result of fire.
There were 17,925 civilian injuries that occurred as the result of fire.
There were 115 firefighters killed while on duty.
Fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined.
83 percent of all civilian fire deaths occurred in residences.
1.6 million fires were reported. Many others went unreported, causing additional injuries and property loss.
Direct property loss due to fires was estimated at $10.7 billion.
An estimated 31,500 intentionally set structure fires resulted in 315 civilian deaths.
Intentionally set structure fires resulted in an estimated $664 million in property damage.