Crime & Safety
Operation Save A Life In Trumbull
Firefighters received thousands of smoke and CO detectors to distribute to the community.
September 12 2019
Operation Save A Life
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Today Trumbull Fire Officials participated in Operation-Save-A-Life fire prevention campaign held at the Connecticut Fire Academy in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The event, which is sponsored by WTNH News 8, Kidde, Home Depot, JP Maguire, and Everyday Heroes CT kicked off the Operation Save-a-Life campaign in Connecticut.
During the event employees from The Home Depot and WTNH-News 8 distributed 2500 smoke detectors and 500 CO alarms to local fire departments for use in their community fire prevention programs. All of the smoke detectors feature 10 year batteries and all were donated by Kidde. Because the battery is sealed inside these 10-year sealed-battery smoke alarms, the hassle of low-battery chirps and battery replacement is eliminated for the life of the unit. This design also reduces the risk of an inoperable smoke alarm due to missing batteries; important because NFPA reports three out of five home fire deaths occur in homes without alarms or without working alarms.
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Operation Save-a-Life is committed to reduce the number of fire deaths and injuries. Many of these injuries and deaths are attributed to a non-working smoke or carbon monoxide detector. A key factor in a non-working detector is a missing or dead battery.
On Sunday, November 3rd we change the clocks back one hour to Eastern Standard Time. Trumbull Fire Officials encourage those with replaceable batteries in their smoke and CO detectors to use this time to replace the batteries in these detectors.
October is Fire Prevention Month. Please practice fire safety in your home and place of business. Thank you!
Today’s event had special meaning being held on the 18th anniversary of the Sept 11th terror attacks. Contributed photo in front of the Connecticut Firefighter’s Memorial - L to R (Trumbull Fire Marshal Megan Murphy, Nichols Assistant Fire Chief Ray Franko, Long Hill Fire Chief Alex Rauso, WTNH-Chief Meteorologist Gil Simmons, Nichols Fire Chief Andrew Kingsbury, Nichols Fire Commissioner Gary Pugliese).
This press release was produced by the Town of Trumball. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
