More than 4,000 people die each year in the U.S. as a result of fires. Tens of thousands more are injured. Thousands more lose pets, keepsakes and suffer trauma that haunts them for the rest of their lives.

It doesn’t have to be that way. In many cases, the deaths and injuries could have been prevented by a working smoke detector, or something as simple as an escape plan.

As the ones who see the danger every day, California’s firefighters are committed to making sure that your life isn’t the next one at risk