 With a growing community and aging facilities, Central County Fire and Rescue (CCF&R) turned to the community for feedback on how to handle future challenges facing the District’s six firehouses. Following a presentation from Assistant Chief Steve Brown, participants at the Nov. 5 SAFE-T meeting recommended that the District replace two firehouses and update existing facilities to accommodate a moderate staffing level of four firefighters per truck.
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Central County Fire and Rescue has been presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for the year 2007 by the Residential Fire Safety Institute (RFSI).
The award was announced by Roy L. Marshall, Director of the RFSI.
For 15 years, the Life Safety Achievement Award has recognized the local fire prevention activities that contributed to reducing the number of lives lost in residential fires. The Central County Fire and Rescue qualified for this award in year 2007 because it recorded zero fire deaths in structures during that year. Although residential fires in the U.S. account for only 20 percent of all fires, they result in 80 percent of all fire deaths. The RFSI is committed to reducing that number. A total of 745* fire departments in the U.S., Italy and Iceland received the 2007 Life Safety Achievement Award.
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turkey fryers. From 1998 - 2002, CPSC has reports of 75 incidents that involved
fires, flames, or burns associated with turkey fryers. Twenty-eight of
these incidents were reported for the year 2002. Here are some of the
hazard scenarios:
