Local fire departments make school visits during Fire Prevention Week

Since 1922, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country.

During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Firefighters provide lifesaving public education in an effort to drastically decrease casualties caused by fires.

Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9 in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.

Locally, Fire Prevention Week is observed by local volunteer fire departments visiting our schools. Here’s a report of the Grand Marais Fire Department’s visit to Great Expectations School. And click here to see photos of the Tofte Fire Department visiting Birch Grove Community School.