Fire Fair At Crossway on October 18th

A Fire Fair will be held at the Crossway Firehouse on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 10 am to 2 pm rain or shine. The event will promote Fire Prevention Month and will include participation from all three volunteer companies, explorers, as well as the career staff.

Kids can crawl through the "Smoke Trailer" – a simulated house with a smoke machine, apparatus demonstrations; hourly fire demonstrations, extinguisher demos, fire prevention videos, fire safety checklist completion prizes, literature and food. Other "hands on" activities for children are also planned.

A school program will take place prior to the fair. On Friday, October 17, firefighters will visit the first grades in all of the elementary schools in the village. They will show a safety video and discuss fire prevention. We will also be handing out flyers to children of all ages to bring back home reminding the families about the fair.

This year's theme for Fire Prevention Week is "Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives." Firefighters will be spreading the word about the importance of having multiple working smoke detectors present in the home and regularly testing them and changing their batteries.

Fire safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and fire escape ladders will be on sale. New this year, residents can bring their home fire extinguishers to the Fair for a free inspection. Although the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) designates October as "Fire Prevention Month," emergency preparedness is an ongoing concern year round. Stay safe!