Promoting Prevention
Every October, the Burn Fund partners with fire fighter locals across the province to promote the rotating theme during National Fire Prevention Week. Announced every June, the theme covers important topics from home escape planning to kitchen safety.
This year’s Fire Prevention Week™ campaign, “Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you!,” emphasizing the life-saving role of smoke alarms in preventing tragedy.
Learn more about Fire Prevention Week™
During Fire Prevention Week™, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire fighters provide life-saving public education in an effort to drastically decrease casualties caused by fires. The Burn Fund collaborates with fire fighters and burns survivors to promote the Fire Prevention Week™ theme through awareness campaigns across the province.
National Fire Prevention Week was started by the National Fire Protection Association and is observed by fire fighters and related organizations every year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
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