Fire Update

Royal Oak Fire Department- Acting Assistant Chief, Rick Wiegand

248-246-3800

For the week:  October 23, 2011 – October 29, 2011

4,775 total runs in 2011

5,470 total runs in 2010

TIP OF THE MONTH :  Install Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors / Alarms

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide DETECTORS can alert you to danger in your home in time for you to escape, even if you are sleeping. To wake up and survive a nighttime fire, you must have working detectors!

You should install detectors in the following areas:

· Detectors outside each sleeping area (a common hallway, for example).

· Detectors on each level of your home if more than one story. (including the basement).

· An additional detector in each bedroom, as you should sleep with your door closed.

Placement of detectors is very important. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and use these guidelines to help you.

· Mount on the ceiling at least six inches from the wall or on a wall between six and twelve inches from the ceiling, but keep detectors about six inches away from the corner where the ceiling and wall meet (the corner is a "dead air space" where the detector won't be in the path of smoke travel).

· For high pitched or "cathedral" ceilings, mount the detectors three feet from the highest point.

· Avoid placement in the path of ceiling fans, air conditioning or heater vents.

· Make certain smoke detectors are UL listed.

· Smoke detectors should be replaced every 10 years.

· When replacing smoke detectors, replace them with a lithium battery smoke detector.
(a lithium battery will last the life of the detector.)

Test detectors once a month, following the manufacturer's directions, and replace batteries once a year, or whenever a detector "chirps" or "beeps" to signal low battery power. A good time to replace your smoke detector batteries is when you reset your clocks for daylight savings time. Never "borrow" a detector's battery for another use - a disabled detector can't save your life.

Make sure children know what an alarm is. Children must know:

· Alarms warn them of danger.

· Get out of the house immediately when they hear the sound of the alarm.

· Smoke and Carbon Monoxide detectors are not toys and should not be played with.

Show your child how important these dangers are by testing your alarms every month.

Fires: This week___2__Total for the year__86____

This week we assisted Hazel Park Fire Department at a commercial building on Eight Mile rd. We have a 135 ft ariel ladder that we have used numerous times to assist other communities.

EMS Runs: This week___70__ Total for the year__3210__

Car Fires: This week____0_____

Hazardous Conditions: This week__3___Total for the Year__319___

Other Runs: This week___33__Total for the year__1159___

Mutual Aid Responses:

Birmingham

Mutual Aid Received   This week__0___   This year__21_

Mutual Aid Given          This week__0___   This year __3__

Ferndale

Mutual Aid Received   This week__0          This Year__17____

Mutual Aid Given         This week__ 2__     This Year__38____

Madison Hts.

Mutual Aid Received   This week___0__       This Year___21____

Mutual Aid Given         This week___0__      This Year___22____

Automatic Aid Given   This week___0__       This Year____1_____

Southfield

Mutual Aid Received   This week___0__ __ This Year____0_____

Mutual Aid Given         This week___0______This Year____1_____

West Bloomfield

Mutual Aid Received   This week ___0_____  This Year ____0_____

Mutual Aid Given         This week ___0_____  This Year ____1_____

Hazel Park

Mutual Given              This week ___1____     This year _____1____