November 2011
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July 2011
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Does your family have a Fire Escape Plan?
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) strongly recommends having a home Fire Escape Plan for your family. Find all possible escape routes in your home, and determine an outside meeting place. Assign a primary and secondary person to help each family member who will need assistance during the escape. Be sure to practice! Learn more from the NFPA. They offer a tip sheet and escape...
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Firefighters making sure their communities are...
Several northern Ohio fire departpments are getting creative when it comes to making sure their residents are safe. Painesville OH firefighters are going door to door to make sure each resident has at least one working smoke detector. They provide batteries and install detectors free of charge. Read more.
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How safe are you? When is the last time you... →
Take our survey and be safe - don’t forget to test your smoke alarms and change the batteries regularly!
Learn how here.
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CDC facts about Fire Death & Injury
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide some powerful facts about fire death and injury. They discuss the occurrence of fires, associated cost, and several high-risk groups. The CDC identifies children under 4, adults over 65, and persons living in rural areas as particularly susceptible to injury from fire. If you or your loved ones are in these high-risk groups, learn how the...
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Fire Safety for Kids
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) is a key resource for child fire safety. The USFA provides lesson plans for Escape Planning, Home Fire Safety, and Smoke Alarms. The Parents page features a Guide for Babies and Toddlers and Children’s Fire-Related Product Recalls, as well as other valuable information. The Teachers page describes a Sesame Street Fire Safety Cirriculum for...
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Fire Safety for College Students
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) states a growing number of fire-related emergencies in student dormitories and university housing each year. Read the USFA’s College and University Fire Safety 101 to understand the causes of these fires and the life-saving precautions to follow. Get out and Stay Alive is a government program specifically designed for Campus and Student Fire Safety. It...
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Grant funding used to provide the Lifetone HL to... →
This story is out of West Overland, MO. See how fire districts are using grant funding to better equip hard-of-hearing residents for fire emergencies.
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Advice For Senior Caregivers
It has been shown that 1 in 6 “Baby Boomers”, 3 in 10 adults over 65, and 1 in 2 adults over 80 suffer from some form of hearing loss. The Palm Beach Post outlines steps that these high risk groups can take to provide a safer environment for themselves and those they care for.
If you are in one of these high risk groups take a free hearing test and find out how well you hear.
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Palm Beach Fire Departments Install Lifetone... →
See how fire departments are using grant funding to create a safer community for those residents that are hard of hearing.