Fire - News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2007
CONTACT: Firefighter/PIO Daniel Valenzuela
Glendale Fire Department, (623) 695-7668
Glendale Fire Department Hosts 25th Annual Fire Prevention Parade
GLENDALE, AZ. – The Glendale Fire Department is hosting its 25th Annual Fire Prevention Day Parade this Saturday.
The parade represents the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week. This year’s theme is ‘Practice Your Escape Plan’. “There’s no question that having a plan in place that has been practiced saves precious time and makes survival more likely. We hope that Fire Prevention Week will prompt folks in our community to plan and practice their escape,” says Glendale Fire Chief Mark Burdick.
Parade participants will include fire vehicles, marching bands, clowns, and much more. After the parade there will be music, rides and activities for children and a display of fire department and emergency vehicles. Food vendors, crafts, a rock wall, and safety information booths will be located in Murphy Park following the parade.
The Glendale Fire Department offers these tips for your home escape planning:
- Install working smoke alarms on every level; and inside and outside of each sleeping area.
- Develop a fire escape plan that identifies two ways out of each room and a family meeting place outside.
- Make sure your plan allows for any specific needs in your household. If everyone knows what to do, everyone can get out quickly.
- Practice using the plan, at least twice a year.
- Some studies have shown that some children and adults may not awaken to the sound of a smoke alarm; they may need help waking up.
- If the smoke alarm sounds: Go to your closest exit, and if you run into smoke, turn and use another way out. If you must exit through smoke, get low and go under the smoke to your exit. Don’t take time to pick up belongings; just get out and help others get out. Move fast but stay calm.
- The parade starts at 52nd Ave. and Glendale Ave. at 9 am.
For more information on the parade, please go to www.glendaleaz.com/fire.
