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Fire Prevention Week observed in Amherstburg By Ron Giofu The Amherstburg Fire Department is stepping up again this year to try and keep the community safe. Fire Prevention Week is happening this week and the town's fire department got things rolling Monday night with open houses at all three stations. Fire clerk Dan Monk said between the open houses and trips to local schools this week, they hope to pass along fire safety tips to about 10 per cent of the town's population, or about 2,200 people. “This year's theme is 'Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Plan and Practice Your Escape!” said Monk. Monk said they are urging people to map out how they would get out of their homes and practice it, with people recommended to have at least two possible escape routes in case of a fire or another emergency. “We're hoping to see a few hundred people across the three fire halls,” Monk said Monday evening at Station 1. The Amherstburg Fire Department's outreach into the schools will see firefighters visit seven elementary schools this week with the primary focus being children in grades JK-3.
“We're really trying to get out to the public as much as we can and ask, as a fire department, that they be prepared in case of a fire,” said Monk. The open houses and the entire Fire Prevention Week initiative was to bring awareness of fire safety but Monk stated the public could see what the fire department does and the equipment they have and provide feedback. “These are the services you have as a taxpayer and this is how you can help,” he said. Attendance was strong at Station 1 in the town's downtown core, said Monk, adding there were similar reports at Station 2 on Middle Side Road and Station 3 in Malden Centre. “You can't ask for better weather than this,” said Monk. “It's absolutely beautiful.” While open houses have been scattered throughout the week in previous years with open houses being on different nights at the three stations, it was all put on one night this year as each of the three stations opened its doors Monday evening. Monk said that made the event easier to advertise as it is a single message of when they can attend an open house. The Amherstburg Fire Department
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Nathaniel Price and Avalinah Nichols were aboard one of the trucks at Amherstburg Fire Station 1 Monday night. The Amherstburg Fire Department held open houses as part of Fire Prevention Week. will look to use its website – www. amherstburgfire.com – and its Facebook and Twitter pages more going forward,
Monk added. “We're going to be more active online to execute these types of events,” he said.
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