October Fire Prevention Celebration

Celebrate National Fire Prevention Week!  October 3-9, 2010

Fire Safety Newsletter – October 2010

 

TOPIC:  National Fire Prevention Week:  Oct. 3-9, 2010

 

National Fire Prevention Week happens this time each year, to recognize the “Great Chicago Fire” which took place on October 8, 1871.

This year’s theme is:

Beep! Beep! Beep! Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live with

 

Smoke alarms save lives and should be in every home.  Working smoke alarms cut the chances of dying in a fire in half!  While almost all homes in the U.S. have at least one smoke alarm, roughly 70% of reported home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or inoperable smoke alarms!

 

Safety Tips:

• Test all alarms at least once a month
• Replace smoke alarm batteries at least twice per year (unless powered by a 10 year Lithium battery)
• Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or sooner if necessary
• Install alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level, including the basement.
• If the alarm is near a cooking appliance, use an ionization alarm with a hush-button or a photoelectric alarm.
• Never remove the batteries as a means to silence a smoke alarm due to cooking or other nuisances.  Replace any smoke detectors prone to nuisance alarms with smoke detectors with a “hush” feature.

 

Minneapolis Events & Celebrations for Fire Prevention Week:

 

Saturday, Oct. 9, 10am-4pm: FREE day at the Fire Museum! FREE admission.  FREE fire truck rides.  FREE snack.  FREE fire truck workshop with Home Depot.  FREE door prizes.  Go to: www.firehallmuseum.org  for more info and directions.

 

Take the MN State Fire Marshal Fire Safety Challenge!  Go to this website to test your knowledge and get a certificate to proudly display!

http://www.c3softworks.com/games/fire_safety_quiz/play.html

 

And, help Minneapolis Fire Department win a $10,000 grant for fire prevention education by taking the fire safety quiz at this site:

www.befiresmart.com

(the Departments in each population-size category with the most quiz takers win the $10,000 grant.  The competition runs through October 31, 2010)

 

Thanks for taking the time to BE SAFE!

 

Casidy Anderson

Minneapolis Fire Department

Community Risk Reduction Officer

Casidy.anderson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

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