- Author
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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U.S. Fire Administration
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National Fire Protection Association
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Congressional Fire Services Institute
- Title
- Community-Based Smoke Detector Program. National Smoke Detector Project.
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
Congressional Fire Services Institute, Washington, DC
- Report
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Final Report,
February 21, 1996,
81 p.
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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consumer awareness
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fire departments
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fire safety
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fire prevention
- Abstract
- Final reports from state and local organizations that contracted with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to develop Community-Based Smoke Detector Programs are enclosed. We appreciated the opportunity to work with USFA and to administer the $38,000 received as part of an Interagency Agreement. We are pleased that approximately 5,000 smoke detectors were distributed through this program. Generally, local fire departments worked closely with its community organizations to not only provide a smoke detector to an at risk family, but in most cases the detectors were installed correctly by firefighters or trained volunteers. This is a significant accomplishment. An additional 350 batteries were placed in homes where smoke detectors were installed but either no battery was present, or they failed to work. This represents just the beginning of the work done at the local level that has been outlined in each of the enclosed reports. As you will see, major steps were taken in communities with vulnerable populations (the elderly, non-english speaking, public assistance, etc.) to visit and distribute not only the detectors, but information to teach consumers about the importance of smoke detectors and fire prevention. A video produced for this project and used in connection with Health Department community clincs where many people saw it as they waited for service in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.