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Article: Fire prevention: it's not just for one week a year; How to build a fire prevention culture in your fire department.(FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION)
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- Firehouse Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Most fire departments across the country participate in Fire Prevention Week activities every October. Utilizing the year's theme from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and its online resource kits, having a program for Fire Prevention Week can require little fire department effort.
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But what about when Fire Prevention Week is over? Do suppression personnel express a big sigh of relief or does your entire fire department continue fire prevention efforts with the same enthusiasm and support the rest of the year?
Fire chiefs sell the importance of fire prevention to elected officials and policy makers to reduce ...