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Fire prevention in Red Deer all about education

Fire safety in Red Deer goes be-yond a one-week event. Crews work to spread awareness all year long, said Shane Dussault, fire prevention officer with the City of Red Deer’s Emergency Services.

Since 2005, Red Deer Emergency Services have been running its Home Safety Program, a free service where personnel visit residences and offer a fire and injury home safety check.

They have been to 30,114 homes in Red Deer — 3,441 in 2013 — since then and handed out or installed 6,576 smoke alarms and 2,024 batteries.

The goal is to have less than one destructive fire per 1,000 people. The provincial average is 1.4 fires per

1,000. In 2013, there were 0.66 fires per 1,000 in Red Deer.

New this year is the city’s Af-ter the Fire Program, which targets neighbourhoods that have recently witnessed a fire. This service also in-volves home safety inspections and free smoke alarm installations along with sharing safety tips and how to prevent more property damage trag-edies.

The program has ran once so far, in the Lancaster area after the improper disposal of a cigarette in a peat moss plant lead to a fire earlier this sum-mer.

The public are invited to kickoff fire prevention week on Saturday, October

4 at Fire Station No. 1 at 4941, 46th St. from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. A burn-ing room demonstra-tion will also be taking place to show how much difference in damage a sprinkler can make.

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 201 4SOUND THE ALARM to save lives

Look up! This year’s Fire Prevention Week, running from October 7 to 13, is all about those crucial circular devices on your ceiling.

It’s plain and simple: smoke alarms save lives. According to the Office of the Fire Commissioner, most fire deaths in Alberta happen in homes, especial-ly at night when people are asleep. They don’t die from flames but from inhaling the smoke and other toxic gases.

The shrill warning blast of a working smoke detec-tor can prevent this.

It is recommended you check your smoke alarms once a month as batteries die or someone can take them out when cooking.

The Alberta Fire Code requires all homes in the province to have working smoke alarms.

Other smoke alarm mes-sages include:

Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside

each separate sleeping ar-ea and on every level of the home, including the base-ment.

Interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. This way, when one sounds, they all do.

Test alarms at least monthly by pushing the test button.

R e p l a c e a l l s m o k e alarms when they are 10 years old or sooner.

Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm and un-derstands what to do when they hear it.

Fire Prevention Week started in 1922 as a way to commemorate the tragic 1871 Great Chicago Fire that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 home-less, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres.

For more information, visit www.fireprevention-week.org.

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2013 RED DEER FIRE STATS:

To t a l d e s t r u c t i v e residential fires – 27

Properties where smoke alarms went off – 48

Propert ies with no smoke a l a rms or m i s s i n g o r d e a d batteries – 7 (48 people put at risk)

Shane Dussault, fire prevention officer, talks all things smoke alarm-related at station 1 in downtown Red Deer

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Many Sacrifi ces You Make on Many Sacrifi ces You Make on Behalf of Our Community!Behalf of Our Community!””

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Intergovernmental Relations403-340-3565

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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 2014

By Renée Francoeur

There’s no preventing the fires burning up this sultry Red Deer initiative. City firefighters launched their steamy 2015 calendar earlier

last month at a special, ladies-only event at Bo’s Bar and Grill. It was all oiled bods, cowboy hats and tool belts among hoots, hollers and dozens of selfies.

If you missed out on snagging a copy of 14 months of rippled bi-ceps and chiseled chests, it’s not too late. Sales are still on and ex-pected to continue well beyond the Christmas season, retailing for $20 each. About 2,000 copies have been printed.

“Every single dollar goes to charity,” Dan Henschel, chair of the Red Deer Firefighters’ Chil-dren Charity, said. The groups they support include the Food Bank, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Red

Deer and District and Women’s

Outreach, just to name a few.

The first Red Deer firefighters

calendar rolled out in 1988, said

Henschel and this year’s calendar

features one of the firefighters

who premiered in that edition: Ray

Keith.

In fact, three of the calendar

boys are over the age of 50 — you

wouldn’t know it though by looking

at them, said Henschel.

“They’re all just shredded.”

The calendar raised around

$46,000 last year. The group hopes

to gather closer to $50,000 by Janu-

ary.

“The funniest part is in the fire

hall when you’re eating lunch, you

can tell who’s doing the calendar

because they have the salads and

tiny pieces of chicken and protein

shakes,” Henschel said. “They get

pretty jacked up.”

Red Deer firefighters selling calendar for charity

BURNING UP the months

last m

Like what you see?

To get a copy of your calendar stop by Bo’s, The Bra Lounge, Lash

Diva, Bond Nutrition Inc., Original Joe’s or Massage

Above All.

You can also visit reddeerfirefighters.org/

charity/calendar or check out their Facebook page:

Red Deer Firefighter Charity Calendar for more

information.

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Fifteen male Red Deer firefighters bared their chests for charity in the new 14-month calendar for 2015.

Glenn Carritt signs a copy of the calendar for a fan during the launch event Photos courtesy of Kurt Stenberg Photography

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TYPES OF SMOKE ALARMSTYPES OF SMOKE ALARMSFrom the Office of the Fire

Commissioner and the National Fire Protection

Association1.) Ionization – generally more

responsive to flaming firesThe smoke chamber in an

ionization alarm emits a small amount of radiation that ionizes the air within the smoke cham-ber. This ionization process cre-ates a weak electrical current that is sensed by the detector’s cir-cuit. When tiny particles of smoke drift into the chamber, the par-ticles reduce the electrical cur-rent flow, which triggers the cir-cuit and turns on the alarm. In an ionization alarm, humidity, dust, vapours, cooking activities and air velocity can set off a nuisance alarm.

2.) Photoelectric – generally more responsive to smoldering fires

When smoke enters the cham-ber in a photoelectric alarm, light from a small lamp in the device is interrupted and scattered. The scattered light falls onto a pho-tosensitive cell, which creates a small electrical current. When enough particles enter and scat-ter light on the photosensitive cell

the circuit will trigger the alarm. Photoelectric alarms are also less prone to sound nuisance alarms due to cooking activities and are recommended for installation near kitchens.

The National Fire Protection Association recommends

using both kinds of detectors for the best

protection. Smoke alarms for the

hearing impairedAlerting Devices for the hear-

ing impaired notify individuals of a smoke or fire danger by trans-mitting a warning signal that can be seen, in the form of strobe light flashes, and/or felt, in the form of vibrations on watches and body receivers as well as beds.

An alternative smoke alarm de-vice, called “The Scent of Life,” releases a pungent aerosol spray while it emits a strobe light flash.

These devices are activated when a signal is sent from the ‘horn sound’ of a smoke alarm to a central receiving unit, which transmits the alternative signal. This signal can be sent on a wire or by radio waves.

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 2014

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Downtown4202 Gaetz Avenue

403-346-3518DQ Grill & Chill1939 Gaetz Avenue

403-343-6645Deer Park

30 Avenue & Dunlop St.

403-342-6200North Hill

#21, 6791 Gaetz Avenue

403-347-4141

PlanYour Escape Route: Draw a fl oor plan of

your house and all

room exits.

Practise your

evacuation routes.

Have a meeting spot

outside that everyone

is familiar with.

4 locations to serve you

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7606

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403.358.2221403.358.2221 7634

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OF

LTD.

K6

74 (in Alberta)ooney

76345J2

Does your family have a home escape plan?

Do your children know how to call 911?

Doea h

Do

A Big THANK YOU to Red Deer Emergency

Services Firefi ghters who assist us with our Fire & Home Safety Program

SSS

Phone: (403) 314-9914 Fax: (403) 346-1004 safetycity@telusplanet.net

www.safetycity.ca

For additional information contact

Safety City 3030 - 55 Street

Red Deer, Alberta T4P 3S6 Located at the Junction of

Hwy. 11 East and 30 AvenueLearning About Fire Safety

76345J2

““Thank You for Your Thank You for Your Commitment and for the Commitment and for the

Many Sacrifi ces You Make on Many Sacrifi ces You Make on Behalf of Our Community!Behalf of Our Community!””

Cal DallasMLA Red Deer SouthLegislative Secretary

Intergovernmental Relations403-340-3565

Mary Anne JablonskiMLA Red Deer North

Deputy Chair ofCommitees

403-342-2263

7634

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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 2014

By Renée Francoeur

There’s no preventing the fires burning up this sultry Red Deer initiative. City firefighters launched their steamy 2015 calendar earlier

last month at a special, ladies-only event at Bo’s Bar and Grill. It was all oiled bods, cowboy hats and tool belts among hoots, hollers and dozens of selfies.

If you missed out on snagging a copy of 14 months of rippled bi-ceps and chiseled chests, it’s not too late. Sales are still on and ex-pected to continue well beyond the Christmas season, retailing for $20 each. About 2,000 copies have been printed.

“Every single dollar goes to charity,” Dan Henschel, chair of the Red Deer Firefighters’ Chil-dren Charity, said. The groups they support include the Food Bank, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Red

Deer and District and Women’s

Outreach, just to name a few.

The first Red Deer firefighters

calendar rolled out in 1988, said

Henschel and this year’s calendar

features one of the firefighters

who premiered in that edition: Ray

Keith.

In fact, three of the calendar

boys are over the age of 50 — you

wouldn’t know it though by looking

at them, said Henschel.

“They’re all just shredded.”

The calendar raised around

$46,000 last year. The group hopes

to gather closer to $50,000 by Janu-

ary.

“The funniest part is in the fire

hall when you’re eating lunch, you

can tell who’s doing the calendar

because they have the salads and

tiny pieces of chicken and protein

shakes,” Henschel said. “They get

pretty jacked up.”

Red Deer firefighters selling calendar for charity

BURNING UP the months

last m

Like what you see?

To get a copy of your calendar stop by Bo’s, The Bra Lounge, Lash

Diva, Bond Nutrition Inc., Original Joe’s or Massage

Above All.

You can also visit reddeerfirefighters.org/

charity/calendar or check out their Facebook page:

Red Deer Firefighter Charity Calendar for more

information.

DO

c

CC

Fifteen male Red Deer firefighters bared their chests for charity in the new 14-month calendar for 2015.

Glenn Carritt signs a copy of the calendar for a fan during the launch event Photos courtesy of Kurt Stenberg Photography

S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G F E A T U R E

We are proud to support our Central

Alberta Fire Fighters!www.thecoverallshop.ca

7610 Edgar Industrial Drive,Red Deer, AB

403-314-0346

7634

7J2

7634

9J2

LTD.

Working safely with the community.

• Red Deer

• Camrose

• Stony Plain

• Hinton Complete ASPHALT Service

Quality Service

Value Since 1955

We salute our brave firefighters and all the support staff

for their courage and dedication.

7606

0J2403-343-1177403-343-1177WE ARE HONOURED

TO SUPPORT THE RED DEER FIRE FIGHTERS6500 - 71 Street, Red Deer

Phone: 403-347-8544 Fax: 403-346-4650

7633

9J2

Earl Dreeshen, MPRed Deer

Our thanks to our firefighters

for their courage and dedication

to protecting our community

Suite 100A, 4315 55th Ave., Red DeerPh:403-347-7426 Fax: 403-347-7423

www.earldreeshen.ca 7634

4J2

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TYPES OF SMOKE ALARMSTYPES OF SMOKE ALARMSFrom the Office of the Fire

Commissioner and the National Fire Protection

Association1.) Ionization – generally more

responsive to flaming firesThe smoke chamber in an

ionization alarm emits a small amount of radiation that ionizes the air within the smoke cham-ber. This ionization process cre-ates a weak electrical current that is sensed by the detector’s cir-cuit. When tiny particles of smoke drift into the chamber, the par-ticles reduce the electrical cur-rent flow, which triggers the cir-cuit and turns on the alarm. In an ionization alarm, humidity, dust, vapours, cooking activities and air velocity can set off a nuisance alarm.

2.) Photoelectric – generally more responsive to smoldering fires

When smoke enters the cham-ber in a photoelectric alarm, light from a small lamp in the device is interrupted and scattered. The scattered light falls onto a pho-tosensitive cell, which creates a small electrical current. When enough particles enter and scat-ter light on the photosensitive cell

the circuit will trigger the alarm. Photoelectric alarms are also less prone to sound nuisance alarms due to cooking activities and are recommended for installation near kitchens.

The National Fire Protection Association recommends

using both kinds of detectors for the best

protection. Smoke alarms for the

hearing impairedAlerting Devices for the hear-

ing impaired notify individuals of a smoke or fire danger by trans-mitting a warning signal that can be seen, in the form of strobe light flashes, and/or felt, in the form of vibrations on watches and body receivers as well as beds.

An alternative smoke alarm de-vice, called “The Scent of Life,” releases a pungent aerosol spray while it emits a strobe light flash.

These devices are activated when a signal is sent from the ‘horn sound’ of a smoke alarm to a central receiving unit, which transmits the alternative signal. This signal can be sent on a wire or by radio waves.

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 2014

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