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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Fire district pilots national safety campaign in schools
The Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District was
selected by the Oregon Office
of State Fire Marshal9s Office
to participate in a pilot pro-
gram called <Sound Off.=
The Sound Off program
includes three fire safety les-
sons that were developed for
students in second and third
grade. Topics include smoke
alarms and how they work,
hunting for fire hazards in
the home, and escape plan-
ning. The unique part of this
program is that students per-
form a safety survey of their
own home with their family,
and if issues are found with
their smoke alarms, the Fire
District will install new ones
free of charge.
Six Fire District volun-
teers started the program in
Sisters before spring break,
and have visited second-
and third-graders at Sisters
Christian Academy, Black
Butte School, and Sisters
Elementary School. Total
children contacted through
this program since March
2019 is 167. Because this
is a pilot program, a pre-
and post-test will be used
to show what the children
have learned, and results
will be shared with program
developers.
The Sound Off program
was developed by a company
called Young Minds Inspired,
in conjunction with the Center
for National Prevention
Initiatives at Michigan Public
Health Institute (MPHI). This
is the third year that MPHI
has received grant fund-
ing through a FEMA Fire
Prevention Safety Grant, and
Oregon is the 10th state to
pilot the program.
The goal of this program
is to ensure that every family
has working smoke alarms in
their home and understands
the need and importance of
a home fire escape plan. Fire
Safety Manager Doug Green
said, <Working smoke alarms
give families critical extra
time to put their escape plan
into action and safely exit the
home. Even 40+ years after
the introduction of the Life
Safety Code (NFPA 101),
requiring smoke alarms to
be installed in every home, a
large segment of the popula-
tion lives with too few or no
working smoke alarms. The
Sound Off program is another
tool in our toolbox to try and
increase the percentage of
PHOTO PROVIDED
Sisters firefighters visited with students at Sisters Christian Academy to promote home safety, including smoke
alarm installation, fire hazards in the home, and family escape plans.
homes with working smoke
alarms in Sisters Country.=
Gretchen Lane, second-
grade teacher at Sisters
Elementary School said,
<The Sound Off fire safety
program provided valuable
information to both students,
parents, and staff alike. The
lessons were engaging, inter-
active, and informative, pro-
viding good practice and a
stronger knowledge base of
fire prevention, smoke alarms
and home escape plans. The
home connection allowed for
parents to be involved in their
students9 learning, helping to
test their home equipment
and talking with them about
these important life lessons.
<I personally experienced
the home connection piece of
this program with my family
as well. The Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District vis-
ited my home and installed
the proper number of smoke
alarms to keep my family
safe. Only working smoke
alarms can protect the ones
you love, and I feel fortu-
nate to live in a community
who offers such a valuable
outreach program to the
schools!=
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