Fire-Rescue
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| Children playing with fire |
| | Children playing with fire cause hundreds of deaths and injuries each year. Preschoolers and kindergartners are most likely to start these fires, typically by playing with matches and lighters, and are most likely to die in them. |
| Smoke Alarms |
| | Facts & figures |
| Fire Prevention Week 2010 |
| | NFPA announces theme for Fire Prevention Week 2010
Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live with |
| Sparky’s Back-to-School Safety Tips |
| | Say goodbye to summer and hello to fall. It’s school time again! Just like teachers, books, and homework go hand in hand with the school year,so should safety. |
| Home Escape Planning |
| | Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you as little as two minutes to escape safely once the alarm sounds. Your ability to get out depends on advance warning from smoke alarms, and advance planning — a home fire escape plan that everyone in your family is familiar with and has practiced. |
| Vehicle Fires |
| | During 2007, U.S. public fire departments responded to an estimated 266,500 highway-type vehicle fires. These fires claimed 520 lives and caused $969 million in direct property damage. Highway vehicles include cars, trucks, motorcycles and other vehicles commonly driven on roads or highways. |
| Grilling Safety |
| | Fire in the grill, under hot dogs and burgers, is a welcome sight at the family cookout. But fire anywhere else can make your summer kick-off barbecue memorable for all the wrong reasons. |
| Dangers of Lightning |
| | Fires started by lightning peak in the summer months and in the late afternoon and early evening. |
| Fire Department Tours |
| | Group tours are available for all age groups by calling the Department and scheduling a time and date. Individual tours are available by stopping in at the Department between 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday thru Friday. |
