According to the Nation Fire Protection Association, NFPA, planning ahead can help make this Halloween a fire-safe one. Taking simple fire safety precautions, like making sure fabrics for costumes and decorative materials are flame-resistant, can prevent fires.

During the four-year-period of 2003-2007, NFPA estimates that decorations were the item first ignited in an estimated average of 1,240 reported home structure fires per year. These fires caused an estimated average of seven civilian deaths, 53 civilian injuries and $20 million in direct property damage per year.

Check out this video by Judy Comoletti, NFPA Division Manager of Public Education, in which she talks about how planning ahead can help make this Halloween a fire-safe one.