Public Education

-: Jan, 2024 / Melissa Payne

Protect Your Family & Home from Appliance Fires

Appliances help to simplify our lives, but they also pose a fire and injury risk if not properly maintained. In 2021, an estimated 24,200 residential building electrical fires were reported […]
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-: Jan, 2024 / Melissa Payne

Stay Off the Ice – Area Waters Unsafe

Our area rarely produces ice of the quality and thickness necessary for safe outdoor recreation; therefore, recreation on local ice is riskier than in northern climates. Ice that is formed […]
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-: Mar, 2023 / Melissa Payne

National Poison Prevention Week 2023 March 19th – 25th

The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), in collaboration with the nation’s 55 poison control centers, is celebrating National Poison Prevention Week (March 19th – 25th). This ...
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-: Mar, 2023 / Melissa Payne

Daylight Saving Time Begins Change Your Clock, Change Your Smoke Alarm Battery

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 12th. As you turn your clocks forward, Acting Chief James Forgo, of the Prince William County Fire and Rescue System, would like to remind […]
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-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

National Playground Safety Week is April 25 – 29, 2022

Annually, more than 200,000 children, visit emergency rooms due to playground-related injuries. Of those injuries, the vast majority (79%) are fall-related and account for 90% of the most severe ...
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-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

Teaching kids about 9-1-1

Teaching kids about 9-1-1 April is National 9-1-1 Education Month. Does your child know how to use 9-1-1? Here is some information on teaching this valuable, possibly life-saving skill. ...
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-: Apr, 2022 / Rebecca Barnes

National Window Safety Week

April 4 – 10, 2022 “Spring has sprung” and as the weather becomes warmer, households will begin turning off their home heating equipment and inserting window screens to enjoy the […]
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-: Oct, 2020 / Jonathan Baldwin

Kitchen Safety

  Serving Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!  
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