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Tuesday Tip Idea

Brought to you by  Greenville, N.C. Fire/Rescue TUESDAY TIPS: A great reminder why we don’t use water to try to put out a grease fire! Rather, try sliding a lid over the pot to smother the fire, turn off the burner, and then call 911.  # FireSafety   # TuesdayTips   # GreaseFire   # SafetyTips https://www.facebook.com/GreenvilleFireRescue/videos/1717881511843670/

Home Safety Project Participant

  Home Safety Project Participant Windsor Severance Fire Rescue (WSFR), through a collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has received a grant that enables WSFR to provide FREE 10-Year Worry Free Hardwired & Interconnected Smoke and Dual Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms for replacement and installation as long as supplies last. Through the FEMA grant our project focuses on WSFR residents age 65 and older with expired and/or chirping alarms. WSFR will provide a Home Safety Visit to inspect your current alarms as well as teach about basic home safety and register participants for Community Connect. Community Connect allows residents to create a household profile for WSFR to use in case of an emergency. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms expire after a certain amount of time and changing the batteries in alarms every 6 months can be troublesome for adults as they age. By installing 10-year Worry Free alarms it will eliminate the need to change batteries for the en

Introducing Facebook’s New Pages Experience + September Training Opportunities!

There are  lots of exciting things happening at Facebook over the next few weeks and I wanted to take the time to outline some of the offerings available to you as a government partner at Facebook. Please feel welcome to share this with other colleagues and local government partners as you’d like!   New Pages Experience & Trainings:    We are rolling out a new Page experience to make it easier for Pages like yours to build community and engage with the people you serve. You might see a notification about this on Facebook soon, so here’s what you need to know!    New design, new features The new Page experience allows you to manage your Page better to build community, raise awareness around important issues and keep your community safe and informed.   This will include a more intuitive layout that allows followers to see essential information on your Page and simplify how they connect with you. It also features a dedicated News Feed to create more meaningful interactions with other

Vision 20/20 awarded a FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant to Expand the Adoption of Community Risk Reduction in the Fire Service

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  Vision 20/20 , a project of the  Institution of Fire Engineers-USA Branch , was awarded a two-year, FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant to help expand the  integration of Community Risk Reduction (CRR) practices within the U.S. fire service.     Key activities that will be undertaken as part of this grant include: Funding the participation of representatives from every state at the seventh  Vision 20/20 Model Performance in CRR Symposium  which will be held on February 22, 2022, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Increase the use of the  Statewide Collaboration and Engagement Framework (SCEF)  that provides a mechanism at the state level for the use and adoption of CRR best-practices Enhance the offerings through the free  Discovery Data Hub  tool developed by Vision 20/20 that communities can use in developing their Community Risk Assessments. Developing and delivering CRR advocacy training programs focused on two key groups – chief fire officers and local government officials, with the

2021 FPW Idea Sharing

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  The FLSE Facebook group hosted a FPW brainstorming/idea-sharing session c o-hosted by the NFPA Educator of the Year, Maria Bostian from Kannapolis FD, and Lt. Erin Stehle from Harrisonburg FD!   If you weren't able to attend be sure to watch the session.