Fire Prevention at Palisades School District

Thank you to our local volunteer fire companies for their support during Fire Prevention Week!

Springtown Volunteer Community Fire Company 

Last month our local Bucks County fire companies including Springtown Volunteer Fire Company, Ottsville Volunteer Fire Company, Delaware Valley Volunteer Fire Company and Upper Bucks County EMS visited our elementary schools to discuss fire prevention, creating a family escape plan and emergency response.

Delaware Valley Volunteer (Erwinna) Fire Company 

Fire Prevention Week, which dates back to the early 1920s, is noted as the longest running public health and safety observance in our nation's history.  President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation in observance of  the infamous “Great Chicago Fire” of October 8,1871 that killed 250 people, destroyed over 17,000 homes and left 100,000 homeless. While the devastation in Chicago is the most well known, the Peshtigo Fire, began on the same day in 1871 in Northeast Wisconsin destroyed16 towns and claimed 1,152 lives. Over the past nine decades, the firefighting community has educated the public about the importance of fire prevention and safety.

Ottsville Volunteer Fire Department

The Fire Prevention Week theme for 2014 was Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month. 

To learn more about each of the fire departments and EMS serving Upper Bucks County, please visit their websites:

Ottsville Volunteer Fire Company
http://www.ovfc49.org/news/index/layoutfile/home

Delaware Valley Volunteer (Erwinna) Fire Company 
http://www.delawarevalleyfire.com/

Springtown Community Volunteer Fire Company
http://websites.firecompanies.com/springtownfireco/

Haycock Fire Company
http://www.haycockfire.org/

Point Pleasant Fire Company
http://www.engine41.com/

Riegelsville Fire Company
http://www.northhouse42.com/

Upper Black Eddy Fire Company
http://ubefire.com/

Upper Bucks Regional EMS
http://www.ubrems.org/

Bucks County Emergency Management Services
http://www.buckscounty.org/government/EmergencyServices

To learn more about about Fire Prevention, please visit the following sites:

National Fire Protection Association 
 http://www.nfpa.org/safety-information/fire-prevention-week/about-fire-prevention-week

National Association of State Fire Marshals
https://www.firemarshals.org/index.html


Office of the State Fire Commissioner
http://www.osfc.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_fire_commissioner_home/4462

Thank you again to our local emergency management organizations for all that you do to protect the lives and safety of our community.