October 8-14, 2006 is National Fire Prevention Week: Watch What You Heat

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The images and "Did You Know?" content on this page were reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week Web site, www.firepreventionweek.org. ©2006 NFPA.HOT ITEM! Marianne Partridge from Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves-Medical Reserve Corps and I are burning with excitement. During National Fire Prevention Week (FPW) - October 8-14, 2006 - the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) and community leaders (like us!) will "be spreading the word that more fires start in the kitchen than in any other part of the home — and teaching families and kids how to keep cooking fires from starting in the first place." This year's FPW theme is "Watch What You Heat" and we've cooked up something special; a hot date with a Fire Captain on the October 11 Lisa Tolliver Show. DID YOU KNOW? Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, the tragic 1871 conflagration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire began on October 8, but continued into and did most of its damage on October 9, 1871.According to popular legend, the fire broke out after a cow - belonging to Mrs. Catherine O'Leary - kicked over a lamp, setting first the barn, then the whole city on fire. Chances are you've heard some version of this story yourself; people have been blaming the Great Chicago Fire on the cow and Mrs. O'Leary, for more than 130 years. But recent research by Chicago historian Robert Cromie has helped to debunk this version of events. LEARN MORE: About Fire Safety: Read Emergency Preparedness Tip #3: Fire Safety and these other fire prevention and safety resources.Test your cooking fire safety IQ: Take the NFPA's online quiz. About the Great Chicago Fire. Hear NFPA Strategies for preventing future home fires: Download clip.About the show: The October 11 Lisa Tolliver Show will air at 1:30-2:00 pm, Eastern Time. To listen, tune in to New York Radio WVOX AM 1460, listen live online at http://www.wvox.com/. Hear and share via call-in line at (01) 914 636 0110. Feel free to fax questions in advance to the 360 MERIDIAN message center at (01) 309-279-7528. About the Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves - Medical Reserve Corps (WEVR-MRC) volunteer program: Call The Volunteer Center at 866-VOL-CALL or visit Volunteer-Center.org or westchestergov.com. Let us send you emergency information: Sign up at www.westchestergov.com/cens.### Copyright (c) Lisa Tolliver on Air and Online (a division of 360 Meridian, LLC). All Rights Reserved.

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