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| The Great Chicago Fire |
ALL ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK/MONTH
Fire Prevention Week was established in remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire. The fire occurred in 1871 and killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. Because the fire did most of its damage on October 9th, to this day, Fire Prevention Week always occurs in the week of October 9th. In 1922, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day. Fire Prevention Week is the longest running public health and safety observance on record. |
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| Sparky the Fire Dog |
Contra Costa County Fire District's Fire Prevention Month Activities
At Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, we observe October as "Fire Prevention Month". Because our District covers multiple cities, this allows us a busy and productive month to provide activities for the entire District. October is always our busiest month in Public Education, and at the fire stations. Puppet show programs almost double in presentations and fire station tours and demos increase significantly.
Our department activities each year include a newspaper sponsored District wide contest for kids with a fire prevention theme. Public Service Announcements and fire safety tips are run on cable television channels to advise our citizens that October is Fire Prevention Month. There are appearances by "Sparky the Fire Dog" in October throughout the month. All kids participating in fire station tours receive special handouts, such as plastic fire hats, pencils with a safety theme, stickers, badges and fire safety erasers. Special press releases also go out to area newspapers for Fire Prevention Month.
Banners are hung at our busier stations proclaiming, "Be a Hero! Practice Fire Safety!" Our goal at Contra Costa Fire during Fire Prevention Month is to help our citizens become aware of the dangers of out of control fire and how to prevent it.
The end of Fire Prevention Month at Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is celebrated with a special party at a local pizza parlor to honor the winners of our contest. Sparky attends to hand out the many prizes and feast on free pizza with all the kids, parents, and siblings. Fire Prevention personnel and Sparky enjoy another unforgettable Fire Prevention Month memory. By October 31st, Firefighters and Public Education folks are tired, but very happy! |
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| Thanks to Straw Hat Pizza |
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| School Presentation |
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