I learned in my interview with Lt. Velazquez that unattended cooking is the number one cause of fire.

Overloaded electrical outlets is the second leading cause of fires. In older houses that haven't had electrical updates you often only find one outlet per room, which doesn't fit with our modern electrical needs! We have far more things to plug into that outlet than when the house was built!

There are advantages and disadvantages to each.

Part of being an Artist in Residence is entering a space that you know nothing about. I tried to do my homework before my first meeting with the Fire Department and understand the scope of their impact on Milwaukee.

Part of my homework was also trying to figure out the organization of the department itself. The Milwaukee Fire Department has so many facets that I didn't know about.