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                        Fire Prevention Week                                                                                    How National Fire

                                           Oct. 3 through 9                                                                     Prevention Week

                        “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep”                                                                         Came About

   &KLHI0DVWHU6JW&KULVWRSKHU+RUV-     ʄ9LVLWLQIRUPDWLRQERRWKVYLGHRVDQG     6PRNHGHWHFWRUV                            National Fire Prevention Week originated
man, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron              ask questions                              Would you or your family wake up      from the Great Chicago Fire, which took place
)LUH6HUYLFHVÀUHFKLHILQYLWHVWKH/XNH                                                                                       on Oct. 9, 1871. This great catastrophe took 300
Air Force Base community to the fol-       ʄ)LUHHQJLQHWRXUV6HHDÀUHHQJLQH     to the smell of smoke?                   lives, left 300,000 people homeless and destroyed
lowing activities:                             YLVLWZLWKÀUHÀJKWHUVZHDUÀUH-           The smell of smoke may not wake       more than 17,500 buildings.
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Oct. 3                                                                                 a sleeping person even though most          Many stories circulate about the origin of the
                                           ʄ6HHDQGWDNHDSKRWRZLWK6SDUN\         people think it will. The smoke and      ÀUHEXWWKHPRVWSRSXODUVWRU\VD\VWKDW0UV
   9 a.m. Fire truck parade around the         the Fire Dog, Bubba and Buddy           toxic gasses is what kills most people,  &DWKHULQH2·/HDU\ZDVPLONLQJKHUFRZDQGWKH
base including housing                                                                 QRWWKHÀUH                             cow kicked a nearby lantern over, setting the
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   DPWRSP2SHQ+RXVHDW)LUH       vention materials for all ages                                                   ÀUHTXLFNO\LJQLWHGHYHU\WKLQJDURXQGLWEXUQLQJ
Station No.1                                                                              in all sleeping areas, hallways and   more than 2,000 acres in a little over 24 hours.
ʄ 6HHDQGWDNHDSKRWRZLWK6SDUN\      Oct. 7                                         OLYLQJDUHDVRQHYHU\ÁRRURIWKH
                                                                                          house, including the basement.           The town was rebuilt within a couple of years
    the Fire Dog, Bubba and Buddy             9 a.m. Sparky the Fire Dog and           ‡$IDXOW\GHWHFWRUFDQQRWSURWHFW      and the people began holding a celebration of
ʄ 9LVLWZLWKÀUHPHQVHHÀUHWUXFNV     ÀUHÀJKWHUVYLVLWWKHFKLOGGHYHORSPHQW        anyone. Detectors should be tested    WKHUHVWRUDWLRQRQWKHDQQLYHUVDU\RIWKHÀUH
                                           center                                         monthly and batteries replaced
    and play games                                                                        once a year.                             The Fire Marshals Association of North
ʄ (QMR\KRWGRJVVRGDVDQGFRRNLHV         2015 Fire Prevention Week theme,         ‡7RFOHDQVPRNHGHWHFWRUVXVHD       America decided that the anniversary of the
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                                           a memorable and effective safety mes-          the cover.                            KHOS SHRSOH XQGHUVWDQG WKH LPSRUWDQFH RI ÀUH
    DQGDNLG·VSDFN                       sage to keep families safe and prevent      ‡$YRLGSDLQWLQJDQ\SDUWRIWKH        SUHYHQWLRQ 7KH ÀUVW 1DWLRQDO )LUH 3UHYHQWLRQ
ʄ 9LHZÀUHYLGHRVGLVSOD\VDQGPRUH     injuries.                                      detector.                             Day was held on Oct. 9, 1911.
                                                                                          To learn more about fire safety
Oct. 5 through 9                              $OOIDPLO\PHPEHUVVKRXOGNQRZ          around the home, call Luke Fire Emer-       3UHVLGHQW :RRGURZ :LOVRQ LVVXHG WKH ÀUVW
                                           ‡+RZWRPDLQWDLQDQGWHVWVPRNH           JHQF\6HUYLFHVÀUHSUHYHQWLRQRIÀFHDW  National Fire Prevention Day proclamation in
    9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Commissary and                                                    623-856-7350.                            1920. Since 1925, every president has signed the
base exchange                                 detectors                                                                         proclamation making the week in which Oct. 9
ʄ3DUWLFLSDWHLQDOLIHOLNHÀUHVFH-      ‡$ERXWÀUHVDIHW\                                                                   falls as National Fire Prevention Week.
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    nario and learn what to do with
    ÀUHH[WLQJXLVKHUV                         plan at least twice a year
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