Home Fire Sprinkler Week 17-23 May 2020

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In Ontario, a paradox exists: individuals are often safer from fire hazards in public spaces like shopping malls than in their own homes. While commercial buildings are mandated to have fire sprinklers, most residential homes lack this critical safety feature. Over the past five years, Ontario has witnessed a troubling number of residential fire fatalities,

Please see the following communication from the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada and its partners.

Your Assistance Needed – Home Fire Sprinkler Week 17-23 May 2020

We’re all doing thing differently these days. In keeping with physical distancing measures, we hope you will join us for our virtual Home Fire Sprinkler Week May 17-23.

The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada and its partners: The Co-operators Insurance, the Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association, and NFPA have created a virtual tool kit to help associations and individual fire departments get the word out about the benefits of home fire sprinklers.

We have done all the work for you! We just need your assistance disseminating messages to your member departments about the importance of these life-saving devices for the public and the fire service.

Please consider supporting Home Fire Sprinkler Week and sharing these resources with your membership. The resources include daily social media messages and videos that departments can cut and paste into Facebook and Twitter posts. All the necessary information is available at https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhomefiresprinklercanada.ca%2f2020-home-fire-sprinkler-week-resource-center%2f&c=E,1,kH034IKU2qLxUt8QfD6h2QI8mPSygrzWo35t-W_RXdIC1G9ZDhbpZMnY6W6lNKFa8fVvCMJcA6btsBHGwIQdMFje6fKNekoT3xyk7InO_BqQ3anFoy4,&typo=1

Please join us in getting the word to Canadians about the benefits of residential fire sprinklers.

If your members are not already Built for Life fire departments we urge you to encourage them to join the initiative; it’s a quick and easy process: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhomefiresprinklercanada.ca%2fresidential-fire-sprinkler-programs%2f&c=E,1,w8BrEWqCQpOrtr0O50UCVbZFYDFqu1SRiOL4433WD-QGG-er1ZgR0cPy64TZxnpbfQek2XgRb-yQSRsC-fHU93BhxhbxC90UahgK_w938_o,&typo=1

If you would like any assistance or further information, please contact me.

Also please consider following us and our partners at:

@HFSCinCanada

@The_Cooperators

@CASAFS

@NFPA

Sean
Sean A. Tracey, FIFireE
Deputy Chief (Retired)
mailto:Stracey1683@gmail.com

(613)806-9102
@S_TraceyFIFireE