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The Fire Prevention Week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire.On the 40th anniversary (1911) of the Great Chicago Fire, the Fire Marshals Association of North America (FMANA), the oldest membership section of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), sponsored the first National Fire Prevention Day, deciding to observe the anniversary as a way to keep the public informed about the ...
The association was founded in 1906 as the "Fire Marshals Association of North America," with the purpose of promoting fire safety and prevention tactics. [2] On October 9, 1911, the association, alongside the local insurance organization Western Insurance Union, [2] held the first "Fire Prevention Week" to commemorate the memory of the Great Chicago Fire forty years prior.
Guest speakers are also a large part of fire protection week. Fire Prevention Week started in 1922 by the Nation Fire Protection Association. Having been started in 1922 and continued every year from then on, the observance of Fire Prevention Week is considered the longest running public health celebration in the United States.
Oct. 4—LIMA — All across the country, fire departments and first responders are getting out into their communities to talk about National Fire Prevention Week. The week is meant to educate and ...
week prior to Memorial Day: National Safe Boating Week; third week of July: Captive Nations Week; 3rd week of September: National Farm Safety and Health Week; varies in September: National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week; week of October 9: Fire Prevention Week; week of 2nd Sunday in October: National School Lunch Week; week ...
Jul. 15—WINDSOR — Fire Inspector Lauri Volkert was named the 2021 Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year by the National Fire Protection Association, making her the first individual from ...
Nic Libonati, right, reaches for a bucket of pool water to help a neighbor extinguish a spot fire in their yard in Pacific Palisades. Libonati was the first person to call 911 to report the ...
Sparky the Fire Dog. Sparky the Fire Dog is the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association. Created in 1951 to promote fire safety education for children, [9] [10] he is a Dalmatian dressed in firefighting gear. A children's book about Sparky by Don Hoffman was published in 2011.