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Some 75+ residents and scouts visited Evans Center's Erie Road Firehouse last evening for the fire company's annual Fire Safety Open House [PHOTOS AT END OF BLOG]

Everyone enjoyed the eight "Fire Prevention Stations" that Evans Center's Firefighters, Fire Explorers and FireCorps members set up around their fire station that focused on this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme of: “Practice Your Escape Plan!”

Participants were able to enter to win a digital carbon monoxide detector for their home and received lots of recruitment and fire safety information and a copy of the most recent Firefighter Newspaper in a handy notebook with pockets provided by FASNY.

The Fire Prevention Stations included:

• The Welcome Station where they received their station map and notebook
• The “Stop, Drop, Rock & Roll” Station - It's a lot more fun when you do it to music!
• Station#3: The “Get Out and Stay Out!” Station - that reviewed smoke and CO detector selection, installation and maintenance and included a chalk talk on designing escape plans . This station also included a discussion on emergency preparedness and assembling "ready-to-go" kits and "ready-to-stay" kits.
• The “Watch What You Heat!” Station featured a working stove and highlighted cooking and kitchen safety.
• The “Put It Out!” Station provided age-appropriate fire extinguisher training, focusing on the flight-or-fight concept.
• The “Gear Up!” Station allowed kids of all ages to try on firefighter gear and the opportunity to use a thermal imager. Once they put on the gear, everyone had an opportunity to have their photo taken with their favorite Evans Center firefighter and received a polaroid to take with them.
• The “Try It Out!” Station featured an opportunity for everyone to handle a real fire attack hand line and to take a ride on a fire engine, complete with lights and sirens.
• The “Sign-Up” and “Eat-It-Up!” Station offered a chance to win a digital CO detector and to watch an episode of the 1970's TV show: "Emergency!" while enjoying some apple cider and cookies. Recruiters were on hand to share information on the flexible memberships Evans Center offers.

Although Fire Prevention Week has passed, it's never too late for new ideas and I thought I'd also share a program we implemented last year with great success.

The Evans Center Volunteer Fire Company is proud to announce their community based fire safety program: “Fire Safety by the Slice! – Delivering Fire Safety Right to Your Doorstep.”

The program plays on this year’s Fire Prevention Week (October 8-14) theme of “Watch What You Heat!” – focusing on cooking and kitchen fires.

In cooperation with Evangola Pizza located at 8923 Erie Road in the Town of Evans, Evans Center Firefighters and their Fire Explorer Post 528 will deliver one random order to a lucky Evangola Pizza customer every Wednesday evening during October.

The program is simple, if firefighters find working smoke detectors in the home when they arrive – the customer’s order is FREE. If no working detectors are found – the customer pays for the order but the fire company delivers a FREE smoke detector, courtesy of Shultz & Co. Hardware & Appliances located at 2 North Main Street in Angola.

“Cooking fires are the #1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Many of these are preventable by taking a little care in the kitchen. Our goal is to reduce the number of fires associated with cooking and appliances, and working smoke detectors are the first line of defense in surviving any fire in the home,” said Fire Chief Bruce Green Jr.

For more information about what you can do to make your home or workplace safer or if you or anyone you know is interested in volunteering, call the Evans Center Volunteer Fire Company at 549-1221, click info@ecvfc.org, or visit: www.ecvfc.org to download a prospective member guide.

For more information about the “Fire Safety by the Slice!” program, contact: Tiger Schmittendorf - Chief of Training/Public Information Officer - 716.432.3915 - tiger5@firehousezone.com

FIREFIGHTER GEORDIE SINCLAIR CONDUCTS A "CHALK-TALK" ON ESCAPE PLANNING WITH SOME SCOUTS AND OTHER KIDS
THAT ATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE.

FIREFIGHTER JACK KRAJACIC DISCUSSES THE "FLIGHT OR FIGHT" APPROACH TO FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING

A FUTURE EVANS CENTER FIREFIGHTER GETS TO TRY OUT A REAL FIRE HOSE WITH THE HELP OF FIREFIGHTER ADAM
BITNUN AND FIRE EXPLORER ANDY ZAMROK