Today, Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best, Fire Chief John Kobarda and Sparky the Fire Dog officially launched National Fire Prevention Week.
The week is full of community activities:
Saturday, October 3 Canadian Tire Fire Safety Day ·
Fire vehicles and safety displays at Canadian Tire locations between 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.·
Sparky will be visiting the Wellington Rd. location in the morning (10 a.m.-12 p.m.)
and the Dundas Street East location in the afternoon(12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.)
Sunday, October 4 All Fire Station Open Houses
· All London Fire Stations will be open to the public from 1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Come out and meet your neighbourhood firefighters! Real Canadian Superstore Display· Fire safety display at all Real Canadian Superstore locations from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Monday, October 5 Walmart Fire Safety Display·
Fire safety display at all Walmart locations between 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.·
Sparky will be visiting the Hyde Park location from 12 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Tuesday, October 6 Fire Safety Display·
Fire safety displays at FanshaweCollege and WesternUCCBuilding.·
Fire Safety display at Kiwanis Seniors Centre, 78 Riverside Drive, between 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.·
Fire vehicle and education display at the following McDonalds locations between 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 1033 Wonderland Rd S. 103 Fanshawe Park Rd E. 1950 Dundas Street East Wednesday, October 7
· Fire Prevention display at City Hall cafeteria between 11 p.m. - 2 p.m.·
Fire safety and vehicle display at both Costco locations between 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. with Sparky visiting the Wellington Road location between 12 p.m.- 4 p.m.Thursday, October 8·
Fire safety display at Hamilton Road Seniors Centre, 525 Hamilton Road, from11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.Friday, October 9·
The London Fire Department will be sponsoring the London Knights hockey game at the John Labatt Centre between 5 p.m.and 10 p.m.·
2009 Tim Hortons Risk Watch Teacher of the Year recipient Ms. Chris Thompson from LordRobertsFrenchImmersionPublic School will be dropping the puck on centre ice.
I've never been in a fire but I've had a few close close calls, mostly due to my own stupidity. One time it was just a cooking accident where oil starting splattering all about and there were a few flames in the oven. I quickly took my ABC Fire Extinguisher and sprayed the yellow powder in the oven.
The fire was out but it took me a week to clean up the powder and as it was under pressure in the extinguisher. It also cost us $30 for a new extinguisher. And in case you are wondering ABC essentially means it can put out out paper, grease and virtually any other fires.
ABC is a standard that you can find on any quality all purpose fire extinguisher that you can buy for your apartment, kitchen or household. If you want to buy one get it at a good hardware store and ask the salesperson for help so you get the right product. AVOID THE DOLLAR STORE.
We avoided a bigger fire, and made a mess but we were safe. The mess got cleaned up and everyone was safe. That was the most important thing.
On yeah, Sparky told me one other thing this week. DON'T EVER USE YOUR OVEN OR BURNERS TO HEAT YOUR APARTMENT. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR PETS, CHILDREN AND OFTEN LEADS TO HUGE FIRES. Get your furnace fixed, buy a small space heater that doesn't overload your circuits and pile up the blankets.
I thought it was a firefighter. Damn you just never know who will be wearing a superdog outfit. I've got a soft spot for funny mascots and celebrities with a sense of humour. Two weeks ago I met the Hanson Brothers. Swell guys!! If it was Mr. Fielding I hope he enjoyed the press conference and all the attention. He will have a busy week ahead of him with all the fire prevention week appearances.
