3 Real-Life Fire Safety Lessons From Jack Pearson ’s Death on This Is Us

Spoilers ahead for This Is Us. NBC’s This Is Us, America’s highly-watched primetime tearjerker, finally revealed how a house fire killed one of its main characters, Jack Pearson, in a post-Super Bowl episode Sunday. This Is Us had been teasing Jack’s death over the course of its two seasons, dropping breadcrumbs and twists that kept viewers agonizing over what exactly happened. Before Sunday night’s episode, fans knew the fateful fire was sparked by a faulty Crock-Pot slow cooker and the Pearson house’s smoke detectors needed a battery replacement. The final piece of the puzzle revealed on Sunday — the actual cause of Jack’s death — showed that the Pearson patriarch died from a heart attack caused by smoke inhalation after he went back into the house to rescue the family dog, Louis. This Is Us storyline has prompted conversations about fire safety, from ensuring smoke detectors are working properly to knowing not to reenter a blazing building. We spoke to U.S. Fire Administrator G. Keith Bryant about what fire safety tips people should glean from the show. Regularly check your smoke detectors “The most common thing you will see in a fatal house fire is the lack of a working smoke alarm,” Bryant told TIME. “I don’t think you can check them enough.” Even fire departments took on the importance of smoke detectors — as a tie-in to the fire department of Encinitas, Ca. started a “Fire Safet...
Source: TIME: Health - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Uncategorized onetime Television Source Type: news