Saturday, September 6, 2008
Community Awareness
Collected from our print and electronic editions here are articles related to public safety education, community outreach programs and media relations.
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Colorado Springs Scales Many Peaks
Successful EMS, public-education, GIS and wildfire programs make the Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department one to watch....
Exit Routes
By Manny Muniz
The path to egress signage regulations is a long and well-documented one. So why are some people still left in the dark? ...
Save Lives & Then Some
By Azarang Mirkhah
The nation’s fire problem costs more money and ends more lives than a military conflict...
Md. Town Mandates Sprinklers for New Homes
In the near future, all new homes built in Frederick, Md., will have at least one thing in common: a fire sprinkler system. The Frederick Board of Aldermen has passed an ordinance requiring all newly built one- and two-family dwellings to have sprinklers....
NVFC, Fire Corps Prepare for Fire Prevention Week
As part of their planning for October’s Fire Prevention Week, the National Volunteer Fire Council and Fire Corps have joined forces with the National Fire Protection Association and safety advocates nationwide to increase awareness regarding fire safety....
Candles Responsible for 23,600 Fires, 165 Deaths Annually
The U.S. Fire Administration has released findings of a study of fires caused by candles in structural residences. The report estimates candles are responsible for 23,600 residential structure fires each year and cause 1,525 civilian injuries, 165 fatalities and $390 million in direct property loss....
Outstanding Outreach
Although Plano Fire Safety Education Coordinator Peggy Harrell is proud of her team’s efforts, she’s looking ahead to challenges yet to be met....
Broadcast Views
By Dale Lyman
Improve your public-outreach efforts by filling the dead air on your local government-access TV channel....
Buckled Up
By Jim Weiss & Mickey Davis
Fire departments can increase the survival rate of children in motor vehicle crashes by conducting safety seat inspections....
It's About Time
By Azarang “Ozzie” Mirkhah
The high-rise safety needs of first responders are often overwhelmed by builders' financial constraints. Now is the time to make a difference....
Still Effective
By Lois Pokorny
Oklahoma's arson figures continue to trend downward, thanks to a juvenile fire-setter intervention program originally sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice....
2004 U.S. Fire Loss Report Shows Little Gains
Pat West, Senior Editor
USFA Releases Residential Smoking Fires and Casualties Report
Dying for a Smoke
Careless smoking seems to be an especially lethal fire problem in Philadelphia, where Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers reported in May that smoking was responsible...
USFA Releases the Dangers of Fireworks Report
Department of Homeland Security
Philadelphia Tells Smokers 'Take It Outside'
Pat West, Senior Editor
Fire Prevention Week Will Focus on Candle Safety
Bus Wrap Puts Fire Safety on the Road
The Greensboro (N.C.) Fire Department, in collaboration with the Greensboro Transit Authority, unveiled a GTA bus on May 2 as part of a new initiative...
Campus Fire Safety Advocates Turn Heat On Washington
Pat West, Senior Editor
Bus 'Wrap' Puts Fire Safety on the Road
Greensboro (N.C.) has put fire safety on the road in a transit bus "wrapped" in fire safety messages. The bus will primarily serve the city's high-risk area for fires....
National Arson Awareness Week Begins
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
You Can't Always Blame Missing Smoke Alarms
[ David Comstock ]
Two Georgia parents, Brenda Davis and Roosevelt Alexander, agreed to watch a neighbor's child, Nyrica Knox. However, Davis went on an errand and Alexander...
7% of Calls in 2003 Were for Fires
National Fire Protection Association
The percentage of calls to U.S. fire departments for actual fires decreased in 2003, while EMS and false alarms increased, according to a report by the NFPA....
Arson Fires Reach Historic Low
Pat West
Arson fires in 2003 reached the lowest number since the National Fire Protection Association began gathering data on them, according to an NFPA report released this week. ...
Plans Look to Leave No Wheelchair Behind
By Douglas Page
Say your sister has severe rheumatoid arthritis and must use a wheel chair. Say there's a bomb threat at her office on the third floor of the Civic Center...
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