DeKalb Fire Rescue to Install 500 Smoke Alarms

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Dekalb County

DECATUR, GA. - The DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department and the American Red Cross are collaborating to install approximately 500 smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.  The alarms were donated by Operation Save a Life, a partnership between Kidde smoke alarms and ABC television. This public service event is designed to educate homeowners on the dangers of fire and carbon monoxide poisoning. Novelis, Starbucks and the Kind Corporation are also supporting the event.

WHO:             DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department and American Red Cross

WHERE:        DeKalb Fire Station 16   

2750 Pleasantwood Drive Decatur GA, 30034

The area selected has around 500 single-family homes with some  apartments and has a higher-than-average occurrence of house fires.

North – Redan Road

South – Covington Highway

East – South Hairston Road

West – I-285

WHEN:          Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018

8:00 a.m.:  Event leaders arrive and set up

8:30 a.m.:  Volunteers arrive and check-in. Teams organized.

8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.: Training on how to install alarms

9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.:  Start canvassing neighborhoods

12:30 to 1:30 pm:  Return supplies and lunch served

 

For more information, contact Captain Elizabeth Sizemore, at 678-249-5722, or Sherry Galvez, public education specialist, at 404-683-5009.

 

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