The City of Joliet Fire Department issued the following announcement on Oct. 4.
Chief Joseph Formhals announces all Joliet Fire Stations will be conducting open houses on Saturday, October 13, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM to complete Fire Prevention Week 2018. Chief Formhals encourages all residents and their families to stop by their local fire station to view the stations and vehicles up close. The addresses of the fire stations are listed below:
• Station No. 1 101 East Clinton St.
• Station No.3 450 E. Laraway Rd.
• Station No. 4 868 Draper Ave.
• Station No. 5 661 Mason Ave.
• Station No. 6 2049 Onieda St.
• Station No. 7 125 Houbolt Rd.
• Station No. 8 2293 Essington Rd.
• Station No. 9 2300 Michas Dr.
• Station No. 10 1599 John D. Paige Dr.
Fire Prevention Week is to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire which began on October 8, 1871, but burned into thenight, and did themostdamage onOctober 9, 1871. The popular legend on how the fire started was by Mrs. Catherine O’Leary’s cow by kicking over a lantern starting the barn and then the whole city on fire. The fire burned out of control those two days, the fire also left 300 people dead and over 100,000 homeless; and destroyed 18,000 buildings valued at over $200 million. In 1920 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Fire Prevention Week and is the longest running health and safety observance on record. The theme for 2018 is “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere.”
Through three simple calls-to-action, this year’s theme identifies basic but essential ways people can reduce their risk to fire and be prepared in the event of one:
• Look for places fire can start
• Listen for the sound of the smoke alarm
• Learn two ways out of each room
Original source can be found here.
Source: The City of Joliet Fire Department
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