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We are interested in hearing how your fire education programs and our SCOTTY Fire Safety Houses are impacting your community.

Email us your documented "save" stories.

If your story was published in a newspaper or magazine, send us a photocopy or email us the link. Even if it wasn't published, we want to know.

You can read one of our documented saves below. This is an example of what we are looking for, but we're also interested in hearing your personal stories even if they aren't published.

You may know of a situation where a family was saved due to the lessons they learned in your fire safety house, but they might not be willing to share their story. You can submit your version on your company letterhead to be included on our site. 

Or, a resident may have told somebody in your department about an incident, and there wasn't time to follow up. Let us know, and we'll do the follow up for you. 

We will post them on our website with a link to your department's website, AND send you a FREE 4 gallon case of smoke fluid to help out your life saving cause. You can share your success stories with everyone in your community and inform them of upcoming fire education programs on your website. 

Visitors to our site can link to yours and see what programs you have developed; and hopefully, they will be inspired to implement their own life saving programs.   You will be helping to pave the way for additional educational programs to make our communities safer by proving in writing that your fire education programs are saving lives.  

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Chase Tomlinson did not plan to be a hero. After all, he is just a little boy. But Chase remembered his fire safety lessons so well that when a fire occurred at his home, he knew exactly what to do. And he became a hero to his family.

Chase was recognized by the Pinecroft-Sedgefield Fire Department June 1 for this bravery in helping to avert a tragedy.

On May 10, Chase was watching television when he heard the smoke alarm at his home sound. He looked in the kitchen and saw that smoke and flames were coming from food cooking on the stove.

"I looked at the stove and it was burning," said Chase. "There was smoke and I was coughing a little bit. "I thought my mom was in the front yard, but she was in the back yard and I didn't know it. I went to get my neighbor."

Although he might have been frightened, Chase remembered what he had learned from firefighters with PSFD. Each year firefighters bring the Fire Safety House to Millis Road Elementary School, where 5-year-old Chase is in kindergarten. The firefighters teach the children all about fire safety and what to do in case of a fire in their home.

Remembering what he had learned, Chase knew when he saw the smoke and flames to get out of the house and get help.

Fortunately, his quick thinking and a ready response from firefighters averted a tragedy. Chase's entire family including dad and mom, James and Cheri, sisters Claiborne and Cara-Hope, and brother Chad, were all safe and sound. The only damage was a smoky kitchen and a few frayed nerves.

"I think if he had not done what he did the house would have burned down," said Cheri.

"Chase is very bright," said Donna Steadman, Chase's teacher. "He takes everything in. He is a little boy that wants to help others. I could envision him thinking about what he could do. That's pretty amazing."

Chase seems to be taking his hero status in stride. He was very poised when firefighters visited his classroom and Capt. Ken Gray awarded him the rank of junior firefighter. Chase also received a special certificate, hat and firefighter bear.

"Things like this make you want to work even harder to get the message out about fire safety," said Firefighter Frankie Pinnix.

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