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4 | FIRE PREVENTION WEEK | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016 V OLUNTEERS FF/EMT T. Eckstine FF/Medic R. Taylor L ES S CHWAB T IRE C ENTER S OUTH L ANE W HEELS 109 S P ACIFIC H IGHWAY 541-942-4466 1450 B IRCH A VE . 541-942-0456 Medic M. Millam FF/EMT Andrews M Y B OYS P IZZA 96 N. M ILL S T ., C RESWELL 541-895-4505 C OTTAGE G ROVE P OLICE D EPARTMENT 400 E. M AIN S T 541-942-9145 RECRUITS: FF/EMT Horton FF T. Eckstine M Y B OYS P IZZA 96 N. M ILL S T ., C RESWELL 541-895-4505 A LL A ROUND L ANDSCAPE S ERVICE 31052 K ENADY L ANE 541-942-6433 Attention Secret Safety Agents: Crack Sparky’s secret message. Use your decoder ring, the key below, or now you can make your own decoder (see page 2) . Bryce Allen, Derek Carlton, Chris Cooper, Jason Enarson, Eugena Fernandes, Luba Kalstad, Phillip Slavbaugh, Aaron Wilhoit & Jenna Williams BEEP Hear the where you Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm! SLEEP Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every level of the home, including the basement. Larger homes may need more alarms. Fire Prevention Week Oct. 4-10, 2015 Half of home fire deaths happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., when most people are asleep. For the best protection, install interconnected smoke alarms in your home. When one sounds, they all sound. ® A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 3 13 20 4 8 12 24 5 18 19 6 23 9 17 7 16 10 1 15 14 11 26 2 21 25 22 What else should you have in your bedroom besides your bed, clothes, toys and pillow? years . 3 15 9 7 6 8 3 23 3 1 Test alarms at least once a month by pushing the test button. Some people, especially children and older adults, may need help to wake up. Make sure someone will wake them if the smoke alarm sounds. Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or if they do not sound when tested. When the smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside. Go to your outside meeting place. 9 Ch Crack t e h ck out the e at Spar C k ode Game y.org Call the fire department from a cellphone or a neighbor’s phone. Stay outside until the fire department says it’s safe to go back inside. For more information about smoke alarms, visit www.usfa.fema.gov and www.firepreventionweek.org. Sparky the Fire Dog’s Safety Message is: ® PARENTS, AS PART OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, your child has been learning about smoke alarms. Having smoke alarms in your home is very important. Smoke alarms let you know there is a fire. Working smoke alarms also give you time to get outside and stay outside if there is a fire. K C E H C the date! Smoke alarms don’t last forever. Every 10 years you need new ones. When they are 10 years old, they don’t sense smoke as well. With your child, look at the date on the back of all the smoke alarms in your home. This is also a good time to push the test button on all smoke alarms, and make sure they are working. 2016 Oct. 6 Listing Number 00993 REPLACE SMOKE ALARMS EVERY 10 YEARS Smoke Alarm Challenge Take Sparky’s Smoke Alarm Challenge. With a grown-up, look at the date on the back of all the smoke alarms in your home. If they are older than 10 years, you need a new one. This is also a good time to push the test button on all smoke alarms, and make sure they are working. Smoke alarm Date on back How old Need a new one Working living room 2007 Nov. 27 8 years No Yes BEEP! Circle the letters from Sparky’s Safety Message word... ©2016 NFPA KEEP TRACK OF HOW OLD YOUR MS SMOKE ALARMS ARE HERE ® A BCDE F G H I JKLMNOPQR STUVWXYZ Now write the word BEEP in the spaces below When a smoke alarm sounds BEEP, BEEP, ______ ______ ______ ______ Get outside and go to your meeting place. PARENTS: Your child learned about the sound of a smoke alarm today. Review the sound of the smoke alarm and remind your child — if the smoke alarm sounds, get outside and go to your meeting place and stay outside until a trusted grown-up tells you it is okay to leave. Plan and practice your home fire escape drill today. · Make sure you have working smoke alarms. · Plan two ways out of each room. · Have an outside meeting place — like a mailbox or tree. Sound the smoke alarm and have everyone in your home practice your escape drill, meeting at your outside meeting place. Check out sparky.org for more fun! Sparky is a trademarks of the NFPA. The name and image of Sparky are trademarks of the NFPA. www.sparky.org
