Fewer Philadelphians were killed in fires last year than ever before in the history of the city's fire department.
Fire claimed the lives of 12 people in 2015, according to department stats.
Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer said Friday the results are the lowest number of fire deaths in the department's recorded history.
Fire deaths have been declining over the past decade from a high in 2006 of 52. The trend was bucked in 2014, however, when 32 people were killed including Lt. Joyce Craig.
Sawyer, who took over as commissioner in 2013, has been big on educating the community about fire dangers and says more than 10,600 lithium battery powered smoke detectors were installed over the past year.
The reduction comes as incoming Mayor Jim Kenney conducts a nationwide search for a new fire commissioner to replace Sawyer.
In 2015, the fire department responded to more emergencies than the year before at 307,360.
