Business hours are
8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M.
Monday through Friday

Personnel:

• Major Connie Sparks, Fire Marshal
• Tom Carroll, Inspector
• Dan Clark, Inspector
• Mike Durbin, Inspector

Make an escape plan with your family, PRACTICE the plan so everyone knows what to do.
A. Install Smoke Detectors
B. Plan two ways out of every room
C. Crawl low under smoke
D. Have a meeting place
E. Go to the neighbors and call 9-1-1.

Remember! When Fire Strikes: Get Out! And Stay out!

Fire Facts

• Most of the cooking and heating equipment fires involve human error.
• In the United States 95% of all homes have at least one smoke detector.
• Using sprinklers and smoke alarms together can cut your risk of dying in a home fire by 82%.
• One out of every four home fire deaths resulted from a fire started by smoking materials.
• Eight out of ten fire deaths take place in the home. In 2001, 3,110 civilians died in home fires.
• In sprinkled residences, 90% of fires are contained by the operation of just one
  sprinkler head.

To keep cool this summer, keep fire hazards under control wherever you are and whatever you're doing. Whether boating, camping, using a lawn mower, or just char broiling a steak in your own back yard, pay attention to fire and explosion prevention. The last thing needed during our usually long, hot summer is an even higher temperature caused by an uncontrolled fire.

Boating Safety
When soaring temperatures send you to the lake, take utmost care, especially when fueling and starting motors. Before these operations get underway, strictly observe the "NO SMOKING" rule and make sure the boat is completely dead with all engine, motors, fans and heating devices shut down. Wipe up any fuel spills at once. Ventilate the craft until all fuel vapors odors are gone
before attempting to start the engine.

On water, as on land, good housekeeping helps keep fire away. Wipe up any leaking oil; don't accumulate old newspapers, clothes, or trash, make sure the stove is approved for marine use and never fueled by gasoline, and comply with U.S. Coast Guard regulations covering portable fire extinguishers by keeping one on board.

Bar-B-Que Safety
Closer to home, even the friendly barbecue can be dangerous. Serious accidents are likely to happen when the backyard chef Freshens a going fire with gasoline or one of the liquids sold as an aid for starting a charcoal fire. The back flash when these liquids hit a live coal can instantly envelop in flames to the arms and face of anyone nearby.
Play it safe by never adding flammable liquid to a fire already underway, and never use gasoline, paint thinner, alcohol, or similar liquids as a starter. Always ignite charcoal briquettes in a sheltered area, out of the wind, preferably with an electric igniter, as contrasted with charcoal lighter fluid.

Never dispose of used charcoal briquettes on the ground, particularly in flower beds, where they can become a source of ignition for bark dust or similar mulch. Better yet, leave them in the barbecue. By shutting off the air supply after use, the briquettes will stop burning and may be used a second time.

Barbecuing should be done out of doors. Never barbecue indoors, as an enclosed area can cause asphyxiation, to say nothing of the fire hazard.

Lawn Mower Safety
Think fire safety in other everyday summertime work and play. Be careful when fueling and using power mowers. Never refuel a garden tractor or lawn mower while the motor is running. Shut off the engine and allow it to cool down first.

Always fill the lawn mower, garden tractor, outside, never in the garage or other structure, and never in the presence of a source of ignition.

General Rules
Never store flammable liquids, such as lawn mower fuel, Coleman fuel, charcoal ignitor fluid in glass or breakable containers. If plastic containers are used, make sure they are approved for the storage of flammable liquids. Otherwise, use metal flammable liquid containers, such as safety cans. These containers should be stored away from the house, preferably in a detached metal storage shed.