March 17, 2010- PRESS
RELEASE
For additional details, please contact Fire
Marshal O’Brian at 810-229-6640.
Brighton Area Fire Department to test
Tornado Sirens.
Friday test to ensure sirens are ready.
On Friday, March 19, 2010, the Brighton
Area Fire Department will be testing
tornado sirens in Genoa Township., Brighton
City and Brighton Township. This test
will occur between 10:00 am – 11:00 am.
The test is intended to ensure the
operational readiness of the equipment before the
typical tornado season.
Beginning in April, starting the first
Saturday of each month, the sirens will be tested
at 12:00 (noon). This is a great
opportunity for residents to review their shelter
location and ensure they have a plan. If
you need help on a plan, visit
www.ready.gov
.
If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact Fire Marshal Michael O’Brian.
October
19, 2009- PRESS RELEASE
Change Your Clock Change
Your Battery
As the time change
approaches on Sunday, November 1, the Brighton Area Fire Department wants to
remind residents to make another change that could save their lives – changing
the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Communities nationwide
witness tragic home fire deaths each year. Approximately every 3 hours a home
fire death occurs somewhere in the nation and 80 percent of those occur in homes
without working smoke alarms. Non-working smoke alarms rob residents of the
protective benefits home fire safety devices were designed to provide. The most
commonly cited cause of non-working smoke alarms: worn or missing batteries.
Changing smoke alarm
batteries at least once a year is one of the simplest, most effective ways to
reduce these tragic deaths and injuries. In fact, working smoke alarms nearly
cut in half the risk of dying in a home fire. Additionally, the International
Association of Fire Chiefs recommends replacing your smoke alarms every ten
years.
To save lives and
prevent needless injuries in our community, the Brighton Area Fire Department
has joined forces with Energizer and the International Association of Fire
Chiefs for the 22nd year of the Change Your Clock Change Your
Battery campaign. The program urges all Americans to adopt a simple,
lifesaving habit; changing smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries
when changing clocks back to standard time each fall, this year on November 1.
Americans are encouraged again to check the batteries during the spring time
change on March 14, 2010.
“The peak time for
home fire fatalities is between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most families are
sleeping,” says Fire Marshal O’Brian. “Smoke alarm maintenance is a simple,
effective way to reduce home fire deaths. Children and senior citizens are most
at risk, and a working smoke alarm can give them the extra seconds they need to
get out safely.”
In addition, Fire
Marshal O’Brian recommends residents use the “extra” hour they save from the
time change to test smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors by pushing the
test button, planning “two ways out” and practicing escape routes with the
entire family. Families should also prepare a fire safety kit that includes
working flashlights and fresh batteries. During the spring, communities should
use the time change on March 14, 2010 as an opportunity to check the batteries
in emergency power kits.
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