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Operation Home Cooking: Annual Thanksgiving tradition opens homes to trainees
October 28, 2023
Operation Home Cooking
JBSA dining facilities serving up traditional Thanksgiving fare
November 22, 2022
JBSA dining facilities serving up traditional Thanksgiving fare
BAMC leaders deliver Thanksgiving baskets to inpatients, staff
November 27, 2020
Army Brig. Gen. Shan K Bagby, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, wife Melanie, and daughter Sydney (far left), and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds and his wife Tommi, and daughters Teigen and Alexis (far right), prepare to deliver Thanksgiving baskets to inpatients Nov. 26.
Staying safe in the kitchen: the most perilous room during Thanksgiving
November 7, 2018
The U.S. Fire Administration, or USFA, estimates 2,000 Thanksgiving Day fires in residential structures occur yearly in the United States. The leading culprit in these fires is cooking. These unattended fires most commonly transpire during the afternoon hour’s noon to 4 p.m. Twenty percent of the time during Thanksgiving smoke alarms were not present or not operational in an occupied home.
Thanksgiving fire safety: food for thought
November 6, 2017
According to the National Fire Protection Association, or NFPA, Thanksgiving Day is the high point of home-cooking fires. Fires are likely to occur about three times more during this time as any other day of the year. Thanksgiving Day can produce a surge of residential building fires that can result in millions of dollars in property damage, injuries and deaths.