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Brush Up on Fire Safety Basics MetLife Auto & Home Offers Free Fire Safety Materials for Children and Adults.


WARWICK, R.I. -- In recognition of National Fire Prevention week, MetLife Auto & Home is offering free fire safety materials, including a coloring and activity book entitled en·ti·tle  
tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles
1. To give a name or title to.

2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:
 "Learn About Fire Safety with the PEANUTS pea·nut  
n.
1. A prostrate southern Brazilian plant (Arachis hypogaea) widely cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions, having yellow flowers on stalks that bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground.

2.
(TM) Gang," a colorful "Fires and Wildfires" poster, and a fire safety brochure entitled "About...Fire Safety." They are available by calling 1-800-638-5433 (MET-LIFE).

"These materials give parents and children valuable tools to help learn the basics of fire safety," said Bob Smith, chief claim officer at MetLife Auto & Home. "Many of the one and a half million home fires that occur each year are the result of kitchen mishaps or simple carelessness. The coloring books and posters help parents teach valuable lessons that can help save lives and property--and do so using the PEANUTS characters This is a list of characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. Characters
  • Charlie Brown: the main character and lovable loser
  • Snoopy: Charlie Brown's dog
  • Andy: Snoopy's brother
  • Marbles: Snoopy's brother
, which have proven popularity with everyone, especially kids."

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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 the National Fire Protection Association, public fire departments responded to 1,687,500 fires in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  in 2002, with a civilian fire death every 156 minutes. Many of these fires--and fatalities--did not have to happen, had the basics of fire prevention been observed.

MetLife Auto & Home, an affiliate of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: MET), is one of the nation's leading personal lines property and casualty insurance companies with more than 2.7 million policies in force. For more information about MetLife Auto & Home, visit MetLife's web site at www.metlife.com.

MetLife Auto & Home is a brand of Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and its affiliates, Warwick, RI.
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