HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 15-175 Fire Prevention Week ProclamationMcCALL CITY COUNCIL 216 East Park Street
AGENDA BILL McCall, Idaho 83638
Number AB 15-175
Meeting Date September 24, 2015
AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
SUBJECT:
Proclamation – 2015 Fire Prevention Week October 4-10
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October 4-10, 2015
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City of McCall, Idaho is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all those living in and visiting the City of McCall. fire is a serious public safety concern both locally
and nationally, and homes are the locations where people are at greatest risk from fire. The focus of the 2015 Fire Prevention Week is the need for smoke alarms. Home fires killed 2,755
people in the United States in 2013, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and fire departments in the United States responded to 369,500 home fire sannually.
Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in reported home fires in half and three out of five home fire deaths result from fires in properties without working smoke alarms. In one-fifth
of all homes with smoke alarms, none were working; and when smoke alarms should have operated but did not do so it was usually because batteries were missing, disconnected, or dead.
Half of home fire deaths result from fires reported at night between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are asleep. The 2015 Fire Prevention Week theme, “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep.
Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm!” effectively serves to remind us that we need working smoke alarms to give us the time to get out safely.
In an effort to support the national proclamation of Fire Prevention week and bring awareness to the citizens of MCCall, staff requests that the Council proclaim Octobe 4-10, 2015 as
fire prevention week in McCall.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim October 4-10, 2015, as Fire Prevention Week throughout the City of McCall and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation.
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