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June 30, 2010

FEMA grant helps West Plains Fire Department buy sprinkler safety house
The West Plains Fire Department will have a simulator to educate West Plains and surrounding communities about fire safety and residential fire sprinklers following delivery of a $69,830 ...

June 14, 2010

Firefighters' teaching trailer
A new fire safety tool will allow firefighters to educate the public on how to react when common household fires break out arrived at the Columbus Fire Department station house last week. The...

May 4, 2010

Charleston council gets demo of new fire department safety trailer
CHARLESTON — The freight train-like roar of a tornado sounded at the conclusion of the City Council meeting Tuesday evening. The tornado sound effects were part of a demonstration put on by the...

May 4, 2010

Winston-Salem Fire Department has a mobile Fire Safety House to teach children about safety in the home.

April 23, 2010

Myrtle Beach police and firefighters hold safety demo
Firefighters and police officers gave demonstrations and promoted safety Friday at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach. The firefighters showed people how to put out grease fires and gave sprinkler demonstrations inside their fire safety trailer.   Watch the fire safety video at Carolina Live.

April 23, 2010

PCTI Students Receive a Safety Lesson
Wayne, NJ - A little known fact: most house fires result from mishaps in the kitchen. In order to act as preventative medicine, two firefighters from Paterson visited the Culinary Arts program at PCTI to make...

April 22, 2010

WQOW News 18 in Eau Clair Reports on New Fire Safety Trailer

February 9, 2010

Fire Safety
Odessa Fire Department Fire Inspector Johnny Prieto talks to Blanton Elementary third-graders about what they can do to prevent a kitchen fire as well how to safely evacuate their home Monday in the Kid’s Safety House.

February 2010

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Peoria firefighters run emergency scenarios for primary school children at the fire safety house.

December 2009

Local Hero - Amarillo Texas
Amarillo, TX - One local family were able to escape their burning home late last night.  They have one of their own to thank that no one was injured. The fire started just before 12 last night and what happened next can only be attributed to an act of heroism...

November 20, 2009

Fire Chief in Y.C. Retires
The path to firefighting was not an unnatural one for Marc Boomgaarden. His grandfather battled blazes with Marysville Fire Department, and a cousin, who fought fires with the Yuba City Fire Department, lured the former Yuba College athlete toward lights and sirens...

November 17, 2009

FEMA grant helps Nebraska fire department buy sprinkler safety house
TThe Columbus Fire Department will have a simulator to educate Columbus and surrounding communities about fire safety following the City Council's approval Monday of an $82,701 combination sprinkler/fire safety house.  The safety house will be utilizing a 2009 Fire Prevention Safety grant from the...

November 13, 2009

State Farm Donates $45k to Cleveland Fire for Safety House
The State Farm Insurance Co. contributed $45,000 to the Cleveland Fire Department to purchase of a new fire safety house. The "smoke house" will be used by the fire department to teach children and adults the importance of how to plan...

October 16, 2009

Fire House Teaches Kids a "Cool" Lesson
As the simulated smoke entered the room, Keshauna Briggs showed her classmates what to do. With the assistance of a local firefighter, the third-grader at Harrison Primary School got down on the ground, crawled on her hands...

November 2, 2009

Safety Alert! Public fire safety campaign kicks off
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) launched an effort to encourage everyone to install and maintain home smoke alarms and, if possible, sprinklers. More than 3,000 people die in...

October 8, 2009

Gilbert Students Get Drive-Up Fire Lessons
Gilbert firefighters are heading to schools during Fire Safety Month, educating third-grade students with a new fire-safety training program in October...

October 7, 2009

Unique Fire Safety Experience for Local Students
This week is National Fire Prevention Week and local fire fighters are giving District 150 students a unique experience in fire safety...

October 6, 2009

Open House to Tout Fire Safety
With the success of last year's open house at the Don Twichell Memorial Fire Station, firefighters plan a sequel Saturday to observe national Fire Protection Week once again...

September 29, 2009

"Your City at Work" Features Paducah Fire Department
This episode of Your City at Work is devoted to the four divisions of the Paducah Fire Department:  administration, suppression, prevention, and training.  At the beginning of the episode, viewers will learn about the rich history of the Paducah Fire Department... 

October 3, 2009

YFD Carnival - Safety & Fun
Representatives from YFD, The State Police and The DCR conducted demonstrations, gave safety tips and supervised fun games for the kids, including a moon bounce, ball tossing games and dunk the firefighter. Thankfully the dunkee had...

July 27, 2009

ISFSI Appoints Shane Ray as Director of Government Affairs
Long time ISFSI member Chief Shane Ray has been appointed as ISFSI Director of Government Affairs by the board of directors.  Chief Ray has tremendous experience in public policy and will represent the interest of the fire service instructor in Washington, D.C.  Chief Ray will serve...

August 30, 2009

Panhandler Pumpers Put on a Show
You don't have to be a fire apparatus buff to enjoy the fourth annual Panhandle Pumpers Society Fire Muster set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 at Heritage Port along the scenic Ohio River in Wheeling. But it helps if you enjoy antique fire equipment, water games...

August 13, 2009

MADD "Touch a Truck" Fundraiser a Success
Touch a Truck, the family fun fundraiser put on by Mothers Against Drunk Driving WV in early August, had 200 adult and child visitors viewing and climbing into 21 vehicles, according to a release from the organization. Operators opened doors and cupboards, lifted hoods, sounded...

August 7, 2009

FEMA Awards Over 200 Grants to Fire Departments
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $173,865 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program to local fire departments and organizations in the state of Texas. Nationally, the fiscal year (FY) 2008 AFG awards will provide approximately $500 million to fire departments...

July 16, 2009

Fire Dept. newest teaching tool: Life Safety Trailer
Frank Szivos, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Burn Care Foundation, which sends about 70 severely burned children to a special camp every summer, said he would like nothing better than for...

June 21, 2009

Plenty of fun at Whitby Community Safety Day
WHITBY -- Aside from telling their kids to “get out quickly” if there’s fire, the Liu family doesn’t have much of an escape plan in place. “I’m a little embarrassed about it now...

June 8, 2009

Youngsters get realistic lesson in fire safety
Smoke billowed out of the window as Johnathan and Jackie Beaulieu climbed out the bedroom window of the Fire Safety House on Saturday at U.S. Cellular in Tilton.  Tilton-Northfield Fire & EMS ...

May 29, 2009

Sparky’s House lands donation through insurance companies
Sparky's House, the inspiration of late Fredonia fireman Dale Vanvolkenburg, has served as a teaching tool for thousands of young children over the past nine years. "Since 2000, it has traveled ...

May 20, 2009

Students Learn Fire Safety
WINFIELD — With the flick of a switch on the wall, Debbie Gartrell set off the beep, beep, beep of a smoke detector in the tiny bedroom. As a cloud of baby powder “smoke” filtered into the room, the group of...

April 30, 2009

Fire Victims Install Sprinkler System
The Bell family unfortunately knows what it is like to see their home burn down before their eyes, and they are now taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. Matt Bell came to his Painesville Township...

April 30, 2009

Fire Safety Presentations
The Carrollton Rotary Club purchased and donated one of the most exciting new fire safety teaching tools to our community. The fire safety house is one of the most modern fire safety teaching tools used to...
 

September 30,  2008

Home Hazards: Can Children Recognize the Dangers?
To have effective injury prevention programs for children, solid education must be provided. Initially, the parental responsibility includes protecting and instructing the child about dangerous...
 

September, 2008

Planning and Building a Mobile Safety Classroom
The Mobile Safety Classroom (MSC) project began as an idea to bring fire prevention, emergency medical and life safety instruction to places where there was limited or no facilities for education...
 

April 19, 2006

Don’t worry, it’s only a test   New simulator offers lessons in fire safety
April 19, 2006- On their hands and knees, all 28 kindergartners crawled to “safety” inside a state-of-the-art Chicago Fire Department simulator as it filled with thick, blinding smoke Tuesday...
 

 May 26, 2006

SCOTTY Saves - Greensboro North Carolina
In the past five years, the fire safety education program of the Pinecroft Sedgefield Fire Department in Greensboro, North Carolina has an incredible two saves...
 

August 16, 2004

Fire Safety House Provides Aid During Busy Hurricane Season
After Hurricane Charley slammed into the city of Punta Gorda, Florida with 145 mile per hour winds on Aug. 13, the fire department needed a place to house personnel...
 

October 2003

The Handprints On The Wall
Once the blaze of a 12-unit apartment complex in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was knocked down, fire investigators made several startling discoveries. One was the...
 

 


Archives of Newsletters

2007
Introducing the Prep House

2006
SCOTTY Celebrates 50 Years

2005
Fire Safety House Provides Aid During Busy Hurricane Season

2004
The Handprints on the Wall
Fire Safety Houses Serving the US Military Proudly

2003
Hooking Up To a Dream
Vegas Hot for Fire Safety
Bristol and Hershey Residents Win Big with Fire Safety


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