Fire Prevention Week™ (FPW™) is October 6–12, 2024.
This year’s campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!™” strives to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home.
Join us in celebrating Fire Prevention Week! This year's campaign, "Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!" works to educate our community about simple but important actions, they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe from fires. Whether you are at home, at the cottage or trailer, if you pay attention to fire prevention, you and your family are prepared in advance. Have a plan for everyone in your home. Children, older adults and people with disabilities may need assistance to wake up and get out. Make sure that someone will help them!
Today's homes burn faster than ever. You may have as little as two minutes (or even less) to safely escape a home fire from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Your ability to get out of a home during a fire depends on early warning from smoke alarms and advance planning.
Smoke alarms sense smoke well before you can, alerting you to danger. In the event of fire, you may have as little as 2 minutes to escape safely, which is why smoke alarms need to be in every bedroom, outside of the sleeping areas (like a hallway), and on each level (including the basement).
Choose an alarm that is listed with the Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC), meaning it has met the standards for protection.
For the best protection, use combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms that are interconnected throughout the home. These can be installed by a qualified electrician, so that when one sounds, they all sound. This ensures you can hear the alarm no matter where in your home the alarm originates.
Fire Prevention Week Activities
Southwest Middlesex Fire will be hosting a Fire Prevention Week Activities Event at Glencoe Station on October 12th from 10 am till 2 pm. Join us for a fun filled day of Fire Prevention activities, information, and handouts for all ages!
Activities for the day to Include:
- Fire Extinguisher Demonstrations and Training
- Information on Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Fire Escape Planning
- Fun Kids Activities
- Free Hotdogs from 11am -1pm