Burton Fire and Rescue

BURTON'S SECOND ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION OPEN HOUSE

HOSTED BY MEIJER INC. ON CENTER ROAD WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2009 IN THE MEIJER PARKING LOT. FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00PM 

TRINA CLARK AND TEINE DEAL TAKING A WELL DESERVED   FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING BEHIND A VEHICLE USED

REST AFTER ORGANIZING THIS EVENT.                                            FOR EXTRICATION DEMONSTRATION.

• THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 138 SMOKE DETECTORS DISTRIBUTED, COURTESY OF BURTON FIRE AND RESCUE AND MEIJER INC. Click Here
• FIREFIGHTERS OF BURTON FIRE AND RESCUE HANDED OUT 108 FRESH SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERIES . Click Here
• THE BURTON POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERATED 35 CHILD IDENTIFICATION KITS, THESE WERE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OFFICER STEVE HENRY, OFFICER JIM DUPLANTY AND EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN LINDA TAMEZ. Click Here
• OVERALL, WE BELIEVE, APPROXIMATLY 500 PERSONS PASSED THROUGH THE EXHIBITS. Click Here
• BURTON'S FIRE PREVENTION TRUCK WAS A HIT WITH THE KIDS. Click Here
• GRAND BLANC FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A PLATFORM APPARATUS, A HEAVY RESCUE AND WERE PROUD TO SHOW OFF A BRAND NEW FIRE ENGINE. THEY ALSO BROUGHT THE GENESEE COUNTY CBRNE VEHICLE. Click Here

• SHIAWASSEE COUNTY'S SMOKE HOUSE, DEMONSTRATED BY FIREFIGHTERS FROM GAINES FIRE DEPARTMENT, WAS A POPULAR LEARNING AREA WITH THE CHILDREN. Click Here
• STAT EMS HAD PERSONNEL SHOW AN AMBULANCE AND THE NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESOURCE TRAILER THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS. Click Here

• KIDS ALSO ENJOYED THE BOUNCE HOUSE, PROVIDED BY "FUNTASTIC INFLATABLES" Click Here AND THEY KEPT THE FACE PAINTER PROVIDED BY "HERE COME THE CLOWNS" VERY BUSY.Click Here
• MEIJER STORE MANAGER HABIB ATALLAH IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FIRE EXTNGUISHER TRAINING FOR HIS EMPLOYEES AND THIS WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR BURTON FIREFIGHTERS TO PROVIDED "LIVE" FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING FOR MEIJER EMPLOYEES, WHICH PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. Click Here
• BURTON AND GRAND BLANC FIREFIGHTERS ALSO PERFORMED THREE VEHICLE EXTRICATION EXCERCISES, DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF THE "JAWS OF LIFE", WITH "COMPLETE TOWING COMPANY" GENEROUSLY PROVIDING THE VEHICLES. Click Here
• MEIJER INC. AND HABIB ATALLAH PROVIDED FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS, WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED BY THE BURTON FIREFIGHTER'S AUXILIARY. ITEMS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE CHILDREN BY BURTON FIRE AND RESCUE. Click Here
• DEPUTY CHIEF BOB JOHNSON AND HIS FIRE SERVICE TEACHING DOG LULU WERE ON HAND TO TELL THE  FOLKS HOW TO BE SAFE.  Click Here
• MAIL BOX ADDRESS SIGNS WERE ALSO SOLD AT THIS TIME, WHICH GIVES OUR COMMUNITY AN EXTRA LEVEL OF SAFETY BY MAKING IT EASIER AND QUICKER TO LOCATE A RESIDENCE BY ALL OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES. NOT ONLY WILL POLICE, FIRE AND EMS BE ABLE TO FIND THE ADDRESS MORE RAPIDLY, IT WILL HELP OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS TELEPHONE OR CABLE REPAIR, DELIVERY PERSONS AND  THOSE WHO COME TO VISIT. THESE ADDRESS SIGNS COULD BE A CRITICAL FACTOR IN REDUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE OR SAVING A LIFE.