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    Every Second Counts: NAF Atsugi Observes Fire Prevention Week

    October is Fire Prevention Week run by Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi Fire & Emergency Services. This year’s events will include a fire department vehicle parade through base housing, fire safety displays, pre-school fire education, live-fire demo, and an open house at NAF Atsugi’s fire house starting at 11:00 on Sunday Oct. 8th.
    “Instead of Fire Prevention Week, which is Oct. 8-14, Commander, Navy Region Japan Fire and Emergency Services holds Fire Prevention Month which affords us more opportunity to reach out to the community with the fire safety message,” said Michael Dionne, NAF Atsugi Fire Prevention Chief.
    Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. That horrific conflagration killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres.
    “President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the first National Fire Prevention Week to be October 4-10, 1925, beginning a tradition in which the President of the United States signs a proclamation recognizing the occasion,” Dionne said “It is observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began October 8, 1871, and did most of its damage October 9.”
    Every year there is a new campaign theme and this year it is, “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” It reinforces why everyone needs to have an escape plan in case of a fire in the home or at school.
    According to the National Fire Prevention Association the main goals of this week are to get families to practice a home fire drill twice a year, conducting one at night and one during the day with everyone in your home and practice using different ways out, teach children how to escape on their own in case a caregiver is not present to help them, having the number of your home clearly marked and easy for the fire department to find, closing doors behind you as you leave to slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.
    The week will also include a smoke maze on a trailer modeling as a kitchen that allows NAF Atsugi Fire & Emergency Services members to simulate a real fire and allow spectators to become familiar with the first signs of a fire and show them how to react and escape.
    For more information please visit the National Prevention Association website at http://www.nfpa.org/

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    Date Taken: 10.01.2017
    Date Posted: 12.27.2017 19:14
    Story ID: 260371
    Location: AYASE, KANAGAWA, JP

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