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Team Robins to celebrate Fire Prevention Week

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  • 78th Civil Engineer Group
Location matters when it comes to your smoke alarm. That's the message behind this year's Fire Prevention Week campaign, "Hear the Beep Where You Sleep. Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm!"

Along with firefighters and safety advocates nationwide, the Robins Fire Department is joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association during Fire Prevention Week, Monday through Oct.10, to remind base employees and residents about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home and testing them monthly. 

According to the latest NFPA research, working smoke alarms cut the chance of dying in a fire in half. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

In a fire, seconds count.

Roughly half of home fire deaths result from fires reported between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most are asleep. Home smoke alarms can alert people to a fire before it spreads, giving everyone enough time to get out. 

This year's campaign includes the following smoke alarm messages: *Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement. 

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

*Test alarms at least monthly with the test button.

*Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or sooner if they don't respond properly.

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

*Call the fire department from outside the home. 


The Fire Department will be hosting activities during Fire Prevention Week to promote "Hear the Beep Where you Sleep" through the following educational, family-oriented activities, residents can learn more about the importance of working smoke alarms and testing them monthly. 

Fire Prevention Week events are as follows: 

*Monday - Smokey Bear will visit  Bldg. 1555 from 9 to 10 a.m. and Bldg. 905 from 2 to 3 p.m.; an Operations static display and Sparky the fire dog will be at the Base Exchange from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

*Tuesday - Fire-safety cards will be distributed at flight line entry gate 31 from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m.; Sparky and the Friendly Fireman will visit the Child Development Center in Bldg. 946 from 9 to 10 a.m.; An operations static display and Sparky will be at the Base Exchange from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Smokey Bear will visit Bldg. 215 from 2 to 3 p.m.

*Wednesday - Fire-safety cards will be distributed at flight line entry gate 44 from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m.; Sparky the Fire Dog and the Friendly Fireman will visit the Child Development Center in Bldg. 943 from 9 to 10 a.m.; a table display will be set up and there will be a visit from Sparky at the Base Restaurant from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Smokey Bear will make an appearance at Bldg. 376 at 2 p.m. 

*Thursday - Fire-safety cards will be distributed at flight line entry gate 38 from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., Smokey Bear will make an appearance at Bldg. 300 from 9 to 10 a.m.; a table display will be set up and there will be a visit from Sparky at the Commissary from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Smokey Bear will make an appearance at Bldg. 385 at 2 p.m.

*Friday - Smokey Bear will make an appearance at Bldg. 125 at 9 a.m.; an Operations static display and Sparky will be at the Commissary from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; fire-safety cards will be distributed at Bldg. 640 from 2 to 3 p.m. 


To learn more about how working smoke alarms saves lives, visit www.firepreventionweek.org.