Raytown Fire
Protection District
Press Release
Raytown Fire and the Red Cross to Distribute Free Safety
Information and Coupons for a Free Smoke Detectors to the Neighbors of the
Recent Fire Rescue
PIO Assigned: Matt Mace Fire Marshal
Follow up Info: Matt Mace
Date: October 4, 2012
Location: In the area of 6800 Vermont, Raytown, MO 64133.
Time: 10:00
Additional information:
On Saturday September 29, 2012 the Raytown Fire Protection
District rescued a citizen from a house fire at 3:30 in the morning. The home did not have working smoke
detectors. The Fire District and
Volunteers from the Red Cross plan to canvas the area near the incident to inform
residents on fire safety and increase the number of homes with working
detectors.
Additionally, the Fire District currently has a program in place
to install free smoke detectors to any Raytown homeowner who could otherwise
not afford them on their own. Citizens
who meet these requirements should call 816-737-6034 to schedule an install.
According to the NFPA working smoke detectors reduces the
risk of dying in home fires by fifty percent.
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SMOKE DETECTORS SAVE LIVES
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