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Orlando Fire Protection District

The Orland Fire District is seeking to purchase a Kid’s Fire Safety House. Due to budget limitations, we will seek donations from the community and businesses.
 
Kid’s Fire Safety House is a state-of-the-art teaching tool. The 28-foot trailer resembles a single-family house.
 
The interior has a furnished living room with a fireplace that crackles and appears to shoot sparks onto the carpeting.
 
The kitchen includes typical appliances, like a functional gas burning stove, which are used to help children identify hazards found in their kitchens.
 
The child’s bedroom is decorated with Dalmatian-spotted bedspread, dolls, toys and other items. As children tour this room, the smoke detector blares and the house fills with non-toxic “smoke,” operated by a firefighter behind a one-way mirror.
 
When the “fire” starts, children are instructed to drop to their knees and crawl to a safe exit. The bedroom door is warm to the touch, teaching the children to crawl to the window. They can escape down a chain link ladder into the arms of a firefighter.
 
The house includes a computerized 9-1-1 phone system. A firefighter answers the call as though an emergency dispatcher were talking to the child, instructing the child to speak calmly and provide necessary information.
 
Three surveillance cameras mounted on the inside of the trailer allow teachers, parents and the next group of children to view the safety exercise via a TV mounted on the outside of the trailer.
 
The trailer being considered will allow access to the physically challenged students with their special needs.
 
In 1994, a Fire Safety Trailer borrowed from the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association visited several schools in Orland. Over 2,600 school children went through the trailer in one week. This program missed several schools due to time constraints.
 
Additionally, it was setup outside Leaps and Bounds one weekend and over 1,000 children went through it in less than two days.
 
The Fire Safety Trailer will be available, if purchases, at fire station tours, block parties and special events.
 The cost of a trailer to meet the need outline will be about $40,000. A fundraising kickoff will take place during Orland Days. A trailer like the one we intend to purchase will be set up on the Orland Days grounds. Firefighters will be available to put children through the trailer and answer questions.

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