"Check out these scald prevention tips from @NFPA
#BurnAwarenessWeek" https://t.co/qnzU0xhDd2
Franklin Fire: Check out these scald prevention tips |
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"Check out these scald prevention tips from @NFPA
#BurnAwarenessWeek" https://t.co/qnzU0xhDd2
Franklin Fire: Check out these scald prevention tips |
"Please make sure you water your tree."
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"More residential fires occur on #Thanksgiving than any other day of the year -- twice as many as the next most frequent day.
#StandByYourPan when boiling, broiling, or frying, and use a timer when baking or roasting: https://mass.gov/service-details/thanksgiving-fire-safety"
#StandByYourPan - avoid residential fires on Thanksgiving |
Practice your home escape plan at home with your family. Fire drills are not only for school.
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Franklin Fire SAFE Program - Practice your home escape plan |
Franklin Fire SAFE Program reminds us that October is fire safety month |
"Hi everyone, tomorrow is October first. Also known as the beginning of Fire Safety month. This is Sparky's favorite time of year.
Please like, and follow us as we will have different fire safety topics throughout the month of October!
Be SAFE Sparky"
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"With a major winter storm rapidly bearing down on Massachusetts, safety officials are reminding residents to take safety precautions as they look to keep warm during the tempest and the expected period of arctic cold to follow.
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey this afternoon issued safety tips to prevent fires and carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) during the storm, which the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency warns could bring blizzard conditions to eastern Massachusetts.
“Many have already been struggling to keep warm and safely deal with frozen pipes this week,” Ostroskey said in a statement. “This upcoming storm may leave many without power.”
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“We’ll all be struggling to keep warm, but it’s important to also keep safe” |
Summer is coming to an end and a new school year is about to begin. As students return to campus and off-campus apartments across Massachusetts, the state designates September Campus Fire Safety Month. Through fire safety education, the Commonwealth aims to reduce occurrences of fire and the resulting losses of life or property damage.
According to the Department of Fire Services (DFS), 39 Massachusetts civilians died due to fires in 2012. In fact,69% of all residential building fires originated in the kitchen due to unsafe cooking practices that year.
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MA.gov blog on fire safety |
The town has been awarded $5,786 and $3,218, respectively, in grant funding through the Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) and Senior SAFE Programs for the 2014 fiscal year.
The funding will support fire safety education programs for students and seniors in Franklin.
State Senators Richard Ross, R-Wrentham and Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, and State Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, announced the awards Friday.
In a statement, Ross said: “The S.A.F.E. Program has a longstanding history of success in educating Massachusetts children about fire safety and prevention. With the creation of the Senior SAFE Program, I hope that we are able to build upon that success and reach new populations with a high risk of fire-related injury and death.”- See more at: http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20140110/NEWS/140119935#sthash.CNqmJlBG.dpuf
McCarraher said that when firefighters arrived, they could only see smoke because the fire itself was fragmented and hidden inside the wall. So they used a thermal imaging camera to locate any hot spots.
Such cameras allow firefighters to see clumps of heat through darkness and smoke by capturing infrared radiation.
Once the firefighters pinpointed the pockets of heat, they broke through the wall to put the flames out, McCarraher said.
“There is such a variety of fireworks, so it would be very difficult to monitor what exactly they’re firing off,” Goodale said. “We have solid guidelines and regulations for burning brush, but it would be difficult with fireworks.”
Franklin Fire Chief Gary McCarraher said tragic accidents result from fireworks, including burns, loss of limbs and sight.
“We have to factor all these injuries into the debate over fireworks. They have a large impact,” McCarraher said. “It’s always difficult to offset tragedies with creating jobs and bringing in revenue. It’s not worth the risk.”
But the budget cuts that took effect July 1 caused the department to drop from 10 on-duty firefighters to nine. Three firefighters are left in the King Street station on a fire engine, but everyone else has been moved into the downtown station, which, Allen said, has caused problems already.
"Am I concerned? Absolutely. I continue to advocate the best system is an ambulance and an engine in each fire station," Fire Chief Gary McCarraher said at the Sept. 14 Town Council meeting. "We can't afford that right now, and we're doing the best we can with what we've got."
At that meeting, McCarraher said response times could be delayed, but he does not have conclusive evidence yet after going through less than two months of data.
"The simple, brass tacks are we have been cut year after year," Allen said. "We need the public to know that we are having a difficult time helping them."