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The department responded to 32 calls for service yesterday including calls for emergency medical service, and report of smoke.

Total Calls for Service this Fiscal Year (since Oct 1, 2015): 6797

Wildland Fire Danger: Very High

Upcoming Events:
Community Resilience Fair Tuesday September 13, 2016 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Pine Ridge Mall

Safety Tip:

In a report released by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), September and October were identified as peak months for fires in college housing. According to the report "Structure Fires in Dormitories, Fraternities, Sororities, and Barracks," in 2007-2011, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated annual average of 3,810 structure fires in dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and barracks.

As college students settle into housing at school or off-campus, reviewing safety tips is a valuable way for them to remember what actions can be taken to prevent fire and how they can prepare to escape if one

Roughly 70 percent of fires in dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and barracks began in the kitchen or cooking area. Seven percent of fires started in the bedroom, but these fires were responsible for 27 percent of injuries and 21 percent of property damage. The report also noted that fires are most common in the evening hours, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. and on weekends.

• Look for fully sprinklered housing when choosing a dorm or off-campus housing.

• Make sure your dormitory or apartment has smoke alarms inside each bedroom, outside every sleeping area and on each level. For the best protection, all smoke alarms should be interconnected so that when one sounds they all sound.

• Test all smoke alarms at least monthly.

• Never remove batteries or disable smoke alarms.

• Learn your building’s evacuation plan and practice all drills as if they were the real thing.

• If you live off campus, have a fire escape plan with two ways out of every room.

• When the smoke alarm or fire alarm sounds, get out of the building quickly and stay out.

• Cook only where it is permitted.

• Stay in the kitchen when cooking.