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"Practise Your Escape Plan" This year's theme, "It's Fire Prevention Week -Practise Your Escape Plan" is a timely and important reminder to not only develop an escape plan but to practise it with everyone in the household. People can have less than a minute to escape a home fire safely. It is vital that everyone in the home knows exactly what to do if a fire starts and the smoke detector alarm sounds. For more information on Fire Prevention Week -contact Maureen Crowley, Public Educator at 745-3284 or by email: mcrowley@peterborough.ca Download the 2 following resources to help your family practice your escape plan.. Fire Escape Plan "Download" Home Escape Drill "Download" Prevention staff spend many hours each week in schools, nursing homes, fairs, and community events so that young people, adults, and the elderly can understand the impact of fires and how to prevent needless mistakes. We use the nationally-renowned "Risk Watch" Program to encourage safe living for children.

If you would like to have a fire safety presentation at your community event or school, then contact our
Public Educator – Maureen Crowley to discuss scheduling possibilities @ 745-3284

Fire Safety House...



Peterborough Fire and Rescue is proud to be the host of a new Fire Safety House. In 1999-2000, local Real Estate agents successfully raised $45,000 to purchase "Fire Safety House" for use in Peterborough City and County. This terrific education vehicle ensures that people have an opportunity to learn practical life-saving skills.

If you know a young person who is setting fires, its time to get them into “The Arson Prevention Program for Children” (TAPPC).

TAPPC is a diversion program run in cooperation with the Kinark Child and Family Services. If a child, age 3-17, is found playing with matches or lighters, or setting materials on fire, they can receive counseling from specially trained firefighters and Kinark staff. The objective is to educate the child and family about fire hazards around the home, the danger and impact of fires and physical burns, and what to do if their clothing catches fire.

More importantly they are taught how to prevent fires. To promote safe behavior around home, a firefighter conducts a home inspection, followed by a visit by the child and family to the fire department for 3 presentations, and followed by counseling with the child and family. And if they successfully graduate from TAPPC a certificate is awarded.

Prevention staff also conducts numerous inspections on apartments and businesses to ensure all are up to the Ontario Fire Code standards. They also enforce the Ontario legal requirement to have working smoke alarms in all residential units, and conduct fire investigations.