Proc. 2019-07 - Fire Prevention Week - 10-2-18
PROCLAMATION
No. 2019-07
WHEREAS the City of Huntsville is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all those living in and visiting our city; and
WHEREAS fire is a serious public safety concern both locally and nationally, and homes are where people are at greatest risk to fire, as U. S. home fires killed 2,734 people in in 2016,
according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and fire departments in the United States responded to 352,000 home fires; and
WHEREAS the majority of U.S. fire deaths (4 out of 5) occur at home each year and the fire death rate per 1000 home fires reported to U.S. fire departments was 10 percent higher in
2016 than in 1980; and
WHEREAS the City of Huntsville Fire Department is dedicated to reducing the occurrence of home fires and home fire deaths and injuries through prevention and proper education; and
WHEREAS residents should identify places in their homes where fires can start in order to eliminate those hazards, should listen for the sound of the smoke alarm, and when it sounds
should respond by going outside immediately to the designated meeting place; and
WHEREAS the 2018 Fire Prevention Week theme, Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware – fire can happen anywhere™ effectively serves to remind us that we need to take personal steps to increase
our safety from fire.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as the Mayor of the City of Huntsville, that
October 7-13, 2018
be designated as: FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
in Huntsville, Texas, and call upon our citizens to be aware of their surroundings, look for available ways out, and respond when the smoke alarm sounds.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this 2nd day of October 2018.
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Andy Brauninger, Mayor