Fire Prevention Week aimed at safeguarding community - AF.mil

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 788th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department held its Fire Prevention Week kickoff lawsuit Sept. 30, astatine the Wright Care Child Development Center successful the Prairies lodging area.

This year’s taxable is “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape.”

Different activities and games were held to amended the community, particularly children, connected however to flight safely during a fire.

“Everyone should person a program for however they and their household are going to flight astatine 2 oregon 3 o’clock successful the morning, however they privation to get out, and wherever are they going to spell oregon conscionable extracurricular until exigency responders arrive,” said Larry Osterhage, adjunct occurrence chief.

During the event, children saw firetrucks and took portion successful a “Firefighter Challenge,” which gave them an accidental to research and simulate escaping a fire. Carnival games and the occurrence information “Hazard House” were among different activities.

“One happening I anticipation radical instrumentality from this is that they spell location and program their household flight truthful they tin beryllium harmless erstwhile an exigency does happen, and guarantee they person the tools to beryllium harmless with their household and unrecorded different day,” Osterhage said.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, 71% of Americans person a fire-escape plan, but lone 47% person practiced it. When a occurrence starts, determination are lone a fewer minutes to get retired safely erstwhile the fume alarm sounds.

This twelvemonth marks the 100th day of Fire Prevention Week, which runs Oct. 9-15. It aims to pass everyone astir simple-but-important actions they tin instrumentality to support themselves and those astir them harmless from location fires.

“No. 1, it’s for safety” said Sharita Hayes, Prairies School Age Center coordinator. “Fire Prevention Week is conscionable a caller reminder that radical marque definite they’re doing what they request to bash successful their homes, and they speech to their kids astir it.”

Learn much astir fire-prevention efforts and readying home-escape routes astatine firepreventionweek.org.