Information from the Violet Township Fire Department

Protect Your Family From Fire!

The Violet Township Fire Department wants everyone to focus on preventing the leading causes of home fires – cooking, heating and electrical equipment, as well as candles and smoking materials. Additionally, it urges people to protect their homes and families with life-saving technology and planning.

In 2009, 2,565 people died in house fires. Nearly all of these deaths could have been prevented by taking a few simple precautions like “having working smoke alarms and home fire escape plans, keeping things that can burn away from the stove and always turning off space heaters before going to bed,” says Chief John Eisel of the Violet Township Fire Department. “Fire is a dangerous opponent, but by anticipating and eliminating the hazards, you are much less likely to be one of the nearly 13,000 people injured in home fires each year.”

One of the most powerful weapons we have in the fight against fire danger is education.

Our Open House – 1-3 p.m. Oct. 16 at Station 592, 8700 Refugee Rd. – will feature:

• The Fire Safety House, which will allow the department to actually put children into a non-hazardous smoke-filled environment and teach them how to get out of their home in case of fire

• An open area that teaches kids how to get down and crawl under smoke

• Coupons for free batteries for smoke detectors

• Firefighters to answer questions about smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

• Representatives from Ohio Fire and Safety to inspect and/or service your fire extinguisher

• Order forms for a fire escape ladder for your second floor area

• McDonald’s coupons for free treats

• Balloons and cookies

• Sparky the Fire Dog

• Picture opportunities for kids as they dress up in fire department bunker gear.

Representatives from The Ohio State University Medical Center’s Burn Center, Diley Ridge Medical Center and Children’s Close to Home will be on hand to answer questions about their facilities and services. Please come and join us for this wonderful event.

Mark Your Calendar Holiday Toy Drive kicks off the week of Nov. 22

We will be accepting new unwrapped gifts for children at any of our fire stations. If your business would like to get involved, please contact Jimmy Barber, Dave Belcher, Don Searls or Gregg Goodwin at (614) 837-4123.