It’s Fire Prevention Week in Newfoundland and Labrador with the theme “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety.”
People are being encouraged, for example, to learn what their smoke alarms sound like. A continuous set of three loud beeps means there’s smoke or fire; a single chirp every 30 or 60 seconds means the battery needs to be replaced and continued chirping after a new battery is put in means the alarm is at the end of its life and needs to be replaced.
The Marystown Volunteer Fire Department, under the guidance of Fire Chief Justin Bolt, has already conducted several activities, many of them aimed at children.
He says it helps to instill good habits at a young age, which then transfer to the rest of their household when they bring that knowledge home.