Plainfield Fire Station Open House Scheduled Oct. 3

From Plainfield Fire Protection District

The Plainfield Fire Protection District is kicking off Fire Prevention Week with an open house on Saturday, October 3 from noon to 3 p.m. at Fire Station Two, 23806 W. 135th Street in Plainfield.

Please join us for this family friendly, free event. Activities will include a children’s firefighter challenge course, a live-burn side-by-side fire sprinkler demonstration, a visit from the Lifestar medical helicopter, fire station tours and displays.

There will be door prizes and a hot dog lunch will be provided.

Plainfield Fire Protection District encourages everyone to “hear the beep where you sleep.” This Fire Prevention Week theme emphasizes the importance of installing smoke alarms inside of bedrooms.

Half of all fire deaths happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are sleeping. Three out of five home fire deaths are in homes that have no smoke alarms or non-working smoke alarms.

Statistics from the National Fire Protection Association say the risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half when your home has working smoke alarms.

Smoke alarms should be installed on every level of the home, including the basement. In addition to hallways outside of bedrooms, smoke alarms should also be located inside of bedrooms.

Interconnected smoke alarms are recommended because if one is activated they will all sound an alarm.

Test smoke alarms monthly and replace the batteries every spring and fall when we change our clocks for Daylight Savings Time.

Remember the slogan “change your clocks, change your batteries.”

Even smoke alarms that are hardwired also have batteries so they will work during a power outage. If your smoke alarms have built in ten year batteries from the manufacturer still test them every month to ensure they are working. Replace smoke alarms every ten years or if they fail to work when tested.

Please contact the Plainfield Fire Protection District at 815-436-5335 if you have any questions or if you need assistance changing the batteries in your smoke alarms.

For more information visit our web site at www.plainfieldfpd.com or the National Fire Protection Association’s web site at www.nfpa.org/smokealarms.