Fire Prevention Night 2024

Fire Prevention Night 2024

Friday October 11th … 6:30pm to 8:30pm 

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NFPA Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, 2024:

2024 Campaign

(10/11/2024) – The Upper Makefield Fire Company is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for over 100 years to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!™” The campaign strives to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. Today’s homes burn faster than ever. You may have as little as two minutes (or even less time) 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.

The Upper Makefield Fire Company encourages all residents to embrace the 2024 Fire Prevention Week theme.

Smoke Alarms

Smoke alarms sense smoke well before you can, alerting you to danger. Smoke alarms need to be in every bedroom, outside of the sleeping areas (like a hallway), and on each level (including the basement) of your home. Do not put smoke alarms in your kitchen or bathrooms. Choose an alarm that is listed with a testing laboratory, meaning it has met certain 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. Make sure smoke alarms meet the needs of all family members, including those with sensory or physical disabilities.

Install

Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area (like a hallway), and on each level (including the basement) of the home.

Test

Test smoke alarms at least once a month by pushing the test button.

Replace

Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or stop responding when tested.


Home fire escape planning and practicing

It is important for everyone to plan and practice a home fire escape. Everyone needs to be prepared in advance, so that they know what to do when the smoke alarm sounds. Given that every home is different, every home fire escape plan will also be different. Have a plan for everyone in the home. Children, older adults, and people with disabilities may need assistance to wake up and get out. Make sure that someone will help them!


For more general information about Fire Prevention Week and cooking fire prevention, visit Fire Prevention Week. For fun for the kids about Fire Prevention Week,  visit sparky.org or sparky schoolhouse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~