Explore these free materials to help your fire department increase community awareness about fire safety, get fire prevention messages into news stories, and share information about fire and other safety issues that threaten lives in your community.
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Make smoke alarms work for you!
Install.
Put smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.
Test.
Only working smoke alarms provide you the early warning that there is smoke in your home. Test your alarm each month by pushing the test button. If the alarm doesn’t sound, replace the battery. If your alarm is sealed, replace the alarm.
Replace.
Smoke alarms don’t last forever. Get new smoke alarms every 10 years.
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Community risk reduction
A community risk reduction (CRR) program can help your department take what you already know and lower the risks within your area of operation. CRR uses a wide variety of tools to form a strategic and integrated program focused on reducing the occurrence and impact of local risks.
There are dozens of ways you can use Fire Is Everyone's Fight to help teach people in your city or town to be safe from fire. Join the fight for a few ideas to get you started.