Chilliwack Fire Department Provides Fire Sprinkler Education at Home Expo
Lieutenant Lisa Alexson, Fire Prevention Officer, and volunteer firefighters with the City of Chilliwack Fire Department in Chilliwack, BC, provided home fire sprinkler educational materials at the Home Expo held at Chilliwack Heritage Park earlier this year. During this three-day event the Chilliwack Fire Department reached out to more than 200 people providing free Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) materials …
Still making inroads . . . patches of success through different approaches
By: Shayne Mintz, Canadian Regional Director, National Fire Protection Association I had a wonderful opportunity to speak with some very enthusiastic and supportive fire-prevention officers at a recent awards dinner. We had a great conversation about how rare it is we take the chance to recognize and celebrate successes being achieved in the pursuit of residential sprinklers being included in …
New Resources to Make Your Home Fire Sprinkler Week Shine
Twenty $500 Stipends Available for Fire and Sprinkler Burn Demonstrations
The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada will award stipends to 20 qualifying fire departments that demonstrate a plan to conduct a community event featuring a side-by-side fire and sprinkler burn demonstration. The stipend can be used to purchase materials to build a new display, rehab an existing display, produce educational materials distributed at the demonstration or to build an NFPA …
Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Awards More than $10,000 in Stipends to Canadian Fire Departments
With support from The Co-operators and the Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association (CASA), the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) awarded stipends of up to C$1,000 each to 12 Canadian fire departments in 2018 to help them build and host side-by-side fire and sprinkler demonstrations. The stipends were offered to fire departments that participate in HFSC’s Built for Life® fire department program. The …