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Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit plans Oct. 13 open house at fire stations
The Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign: “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere.”
The campaign is working to educate the public about basic but essential ways to quickly and safely escape a home fire.
Remember these three easy things when making your home safe:
• Look for possible fire hazards in your home and eliminate them. Are your outlets overloaded? Check the circuit loads of your electrical appliances and devices and unplug when not in use. Inspect your appliance cords. If any are torn, ripped, or damaged in any way, replace them immediately. If a cord or plug ever feels hot, unplug it.
• Listen for the sound of the smoke alarm. Know that you may have only minutes to get out if a fire starts.
• Learn two ways out of every room. Exits should be easy to access and free of clutter. After leaving the home, go to your family’s designated meeting spot that was created when you set up your home fire escape plan.
Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit Chief Shana Jones invites the public to visit a local Cal Fire station on Saturday, Oct. 13, where the community will have the opportunity step into a firefighter’s world.
Guests will view where firefighters train, work, eat and sleep when they are not responding to a local or statewide emergency incident.
Fire prevention educational materials to homeowners and families will also be available.
Participating stations are listed below.
Lake County
Station 31: 15522 Lake St., Middletown
Station 34: 8948 Highway 175, Kelseyville
Station 40: 140 Springs Road, Clearlake Oaks
Napa County
Station12: 7401 Solano Ave., Yountville
Station 25: 1820 Monticello Road, Napa
Station 26: 3535 St Helena Highway, Calistoga
Sonoma County
Station 43:12604 River Road, Guerneville
Station 49: 1001 Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale
Station 44: 960 Annapolis Road, Sea Ranch
Station 41: 2210 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa
Station 42: 3100 Acreage Lane, Occidental
Station 46: 14000 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen
Station 47: 655 Lohrman Lane, Petaluma
For more information regarding Fire Prevention Week visit, www.firepreventionweek.org or www.readyforwildfire.org.