DO keep a smoke alarm on every level of your home.
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“In a fire, seconds count”, Frankfort Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Briscoe said.
Studies show having a working smoke alarm more than doubles your chances of surviving a fire, but more than half of Springfield’s homes have no working alarm. Fire officials in the state’s largest city credit it to a push in working smoke detectors. If you hear the alarm sound off, you’re good to go.
Fire Prevention Week, which wraps up Saturday, is a great opportunity for alarm dealers to reach out to customers – existing and new – to ensure all their fire/life-safety devices and systems are up to date. These fire departments will attempt to install at least 100 smoke alarms in a 24 hour period in their communities to commemorate the SFMO’s 100-year anniversary.
“Elko Fire Department is dedicated to reducing the occurrence of home fires and home fire injuries through prevention, education, and protection”.
Testing those fire alarms is important as well, which is why the Humboldt Fire Department is holding an open house to the public on Thursday from 5-8pm.
“Still, to this day, after 70 years of campaigning for smoke alarms and fire safety, we still find occupants without smoke alarms installed in their homes”, said Dedman.
It’s the slogan firefighters and experts want you to remember year round, but especially right now during “Fire Prevention Week”.
“The biggest friend that you can have is your smoke alarm”, Santillan said.
Alarms in a home can sometimes feel like a burden from low-battery chirps to accidental soundings, but in the case of a true emergency, they can save lives.
Delta Fire Rescue Emergency Services will once be delivering the annual Fire Life Safety Program to Schools during Fire Prevention Week and through the month of October.
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For more information, call the Fire Department at 530-757-5683.
