Friday, October 12, 2012
Presto volunteer firefighters spent Thursday teaching Chartiers Valley Primary School students about fire safety.
Laughter filled the air when Sparky, a 7-foot-tall Dalmatian mascot dressed up in a firefighter coat, rolled around the ground to demonstrate how to “Stop, Drop and Roll.” He and a couple other Presto volunteer firefighters spent Thursday afternoon teaching students at Chartiers Valley Primary School fire safety and what to do in an emergency. “These guys are absolutely awesome,” second grade teacher Gretchen Wentz said about the firefighters. “They go out of their way to come up here to help us (teach).” Several classes came out to the school’s parking lot to gawk at Presto’s ladder truck, play with Sparky and ask questions to Smokey The Bear while he rode around in a miniature fire truck. The kids had learned a little bit about fire …
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Chartiers Valley Primary School
125 Thoms Run Rd, Bridgeville, PA
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
With Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-13, it's a good time to 'fess up about how diligent you really are in ensuring your family's safety if a fire breaks out.
There are times that smoke detectors are admittedly annoying—when you mistakenly burn food or when the battery is about to die. Sometimes people take the batteries out (and forget to put them back in) rather than listen to the blaring alarm, thus placing their family at risk. And some people still don't use them at all. Smoke detectors can mean the difference between life and death should a fire break out in your home. Fortunately, according to the National Fire Protection Association, about 96 percent of homes have at least one smoke alarm and 75 percent of homes have one that actually works. The association offers some compelling reasons why it is important to make sure your home has a working smoke detector: In observance of Fire …
Monday, December 19, 2011
Local fire chiefs offer helpful tips to make your home safer during the holidays.
This story by Tracy Fedkoe originally ran on Dec. 17, 2010. We're running it again this year in case you missed it last Christmas! With the holidays fast approaching and many things on our minds, it's often too easy to forget simple safety tips that could prevent a fire or accident in the home. While the holidays are filled with beautiful decorations, warm fires, and plenty of wrapped presents, there is an increased risk of fire during this time. According to the National Fire Prevention Association, December and January have the highest rates of residential fires. The good news is that our communities seem to be a little below the norm. "We haven't really seen an increase in fires during the holiday season over the past few years," said …
Friday, December 17, 2010
Local fire chiefs offer helpful tips to make your home safer during the holidays.
With the holidays fast approaching and many things on our minds, it's often too easy to forget simple safety tips that could prevent a fire or accident in the home. While the holidays are filled with beautiful decorations, warm fires, and plenty of wrapped presents, there is an increased risk of fire during this time. According to the National Fire Prevention Association, December and January have the highest rates of residential fires. The good news is that our communities seem to be a little below the norm. "We haven't really seen an increase in fires during the holiday season over the past few years," said Bridgeville fire Chief Bill Chilleo, who has been with the department for 25 years. "Most fire safety is just common sense." To …
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Bridgeville Borough Building
425 Bower Hill Rd, Bridgeville, PA
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Heidelberg Volunteer Fire Department
456 1st St, Heidelberg, PA
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Margaret French
1:42 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
So true about going to sleep and not waking up. My son had a faulty furnace and didn't know it. He went to sleep but luckily he woke up with a pounding headache and was coherent enough and knew enough that it might be carbon momoxide. He got his strength up to crawl outside. Unfortunately he has passed away since of cancer but what you said is so true about not waking up. more ›