ATTENTION ERIE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS:
Fire Prevention Week, October 5-11, Promotes Working Smoke Alarms
This year’s theme from NFPA is “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!”
In anticipation of increased media attention on this event and the theme, Erie County Emergency Services is looking to collect anecdotal accounts of fires that your fire department responded to where working smoke detectors alerted and thus saved the lives of the occupants. We will also look for instances where the absence of working smoke detectors could have prevented tragic outcomes.
We would then share this information via our social media outlets and with local media outlets interested in following up on these positive or negative stories in an effort to support and promote your life safety education efforts.
(PS – Hosting a fire prevention open house? Email us the who/what/when/where and details to fire@erie.gov and we’ll share via our social media connections to support participation at your event.)
Please provide the following information by responding to this email:
FIRE DEPARTMENT NAME:
FD CONTACT NAME/TITLE/PHONE/EMAIL:
DATE OF INCIDENT (APPROXIMATE IF NECESSARY):
INCIDENT DETAILS AND OUTCOMES RELATED TO WHETHER WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS WERE PRESENT:
WILL THE AFFECTED PARTIES BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH MEDIA ABOUT THE INCIDENT: YES/NO/UNSURE