Case File No. 1 · Prevention Launch price ends in 05:59:59 Gus Delaney · Fire Marshal, Ret.

The Home Fire Protocol

A house fire never starts big. It starts small — and tonight is when you catch it.

For thirty-five years, Gus Delaney's job started where the fire ended. Twelve years a firefighter, twenty-three a fire marshal — standing in the ashes of more than 2,000 American homes, answering one question: where did it start. Almost never where people think. The power strip behind the couch. The dryer duct. The five-dollar charger. This book is the ten-minute audit he'd run on his own mother's house — so someone finally gets there early.

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Every fire I investigated was already over. This book is my chance to get there early for once.Gus Delaney · The Home Fire Protocol

FILE I

The pattern

It's almost never the wiring in the walls. It's the small things in plain sight.

Two thousand investigations teach you one thing above all: the same dozen causes, house after house, year after year. Not exotic failures — ordinary objects, used the way everybody uses them, that nobody ever told the family about.

The space heater eight inches from the recliner. The extension cord under the rug. The lint duct packed solid like felt. The 9-volt battery in the junk drawer, two inches from steel wool. The smoke alarm on the ceiling that looks fine and detects nothing, because the sensor inside died six years ago.

None of these need a contractor. Most of the fixes are free, and almost none cost more than twenty dollars. What they need is somebody who knows where to look — and ten minutes.

FILE II

Part one of the book

The 10-Minute Audit. One pass, whole house, twice a year.

Six zones, checklist in hand: kitchen, laundry, living room, bedrooms, garage & attic, outside & alarms. Clocks change, audit runs — that's the rhythm. Most homes find three to five items on the first pass.

Kitchen — 2 minutes Sample page
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Toaster: pull the crumb tray. If it hasn't been emptied in months, empty it now — and unplug the toaster when not in use.

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Range hood filter: touch it. If your finger comes away greasy, that's fuel hanging over your burners.

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Nothing that burns within three feet of the stovetop — paper towels, curtains, oven mitts.

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Appliance cords intact, plugged directly into the wall — never through a strip.

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No plastic bags or paper stored in or under the oven.

The other five zones

Laundry — the lint screen, the duct, the flashlight check behind the dryer. Living room — power strips, cords under rugs, the outlet that buzzes. Bedrooms — chargers, electric blankets, the space heater rules. Garage & attic — gasoline, oily rags, the breaker panel. Outside & alarms — the grill, the vent flap, and the date on the back of every alarm.

And the condensed version

The whole audit fits on one printable page — hang it by the breaker panel and run it with a pencil, twice a year, when the clocks change.

FILE III

Part two of the book

The 25 Field Notes: what Gus actually found in the ashes.

Each note, one page, the same format: WHAT I FOUND · WHY IT BURNS · THE FIX · COST & TIME. A few of the twenty-five:

No. 1

The power strip behind the couch

Strips are built for lamps and phone chargers. Anything that makes heat goes direct to the wall. The fix is free and takes ten seconds.

No. 2

The dryer that "just needed cleaning"

Lint is engineered tinder, and a clogged duct gives its heat nowhere to go. A ~$15 brush kit, one hour a year.

No. 4

The phone on the bed

A lithium battery sheds heat on a hard surface — and builds it buried in bedding, until it fails. Free. Zero seconds.

No. 11

The oily rags in the corner

Oil-based stains generate heat as they cure. Balled up, rags light themselves hours later. A metal can with a lid ends it.

No. 15

The alarm past its date

The sensor wears out around year ten and fails silent — it looks fine and detects nothing. Flip it over and read the date.

No. 25

The stairway with no second way out

Not a cause — the reason causes turn into tragedies. Two ways out, a meeting spot, one two-minute conversation. Free, and the most valuable page in the book.

…and nineteen more, from the toaster's crumb tray to the gas can by the water heater. Every cost approximate, every fix in plain words. Most fixes are free. Almost none cost more than twenty dollars.

FILE IV

The investigator

Thirty-five years of standing in the ashes.

Gus Delaney at his desk.
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The case roomExhibit B

Gus Delaney spent twelve years on the line as a firefighter and twenty-three as a fire marshal — the investigator who arrives when it's over, and answers the only question left: where did it start.

He answered it more than two thousand times. And the answers repeat: not the wiring in the walls, not lightning — the power strip, the dryer, the charger, the rags. Small things, in plain sight, that nobody ever told the family about.

The Home Fire Protocol is those two thousand answers, turned around: the ten-minute audit he'd run on his own mother's house, and the twenty-five field notes behind it — why each thing burns, what the fix costs, and how long it takes.

You don't need to be handy. You don't need to be afraid. You need ten minutes and this list.

FILE V

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The 10-minute room-by-room audit, the 25 field notes — and the three printable lists for the fridge, the power strip, and the breaker panel.

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FILE VI

Questions

Asked before buying. Answered straight.

Do I need to be handy to use this?

No. The audit is looking, touching, and unplugging — not repairing. Most fixes are "move this," "empty that," "plug it into the wall instead." The few that need a professional say so plainly: anything behind a wall plate or inside the panel belongs to a licensed electrician, and the book says exactly when to make that call.

Is this an official inspection?

No — and the book is honest about that. It's one investigator's field experience turned into a household checklist. It doesn't replace a code inspection, an electrician, or your local fire department's advice. It catches the ordinary, preventable things those visits rarely get called for.

My house is older. Does this still apply?

Older homes are exactly where the field notes come from — two-prong outlets, tired panels, decades of stored boxes in the attic. The audit is the same ten minutes; older houses usually just find a couple more items on the first pass.

What exactly do I get, and how?

Four PDF files, by email, about a minute after payment: the 33-page book and the three printable lists — the Overnight List, the Never-Plug List, and the one-page Audit Checklist. Read them on any phone, tablet, or computer, or print them. This is a digital product; nothing is shipped.

I'm not much for computers. Is it hard to get?

If you can open an email, you can open this. Tap the link and the book is on your screen. Nothing to install. If you get stuck, one reply and we'll walk you through it.

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Closing the file

Every family was sure it wouldn't be them. Right up until the night it was.

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