Activities

Community Emergency Response Training

 The CERT program has been developed by the summit County Emergency Management Agency and The American Red Cross Summit County Chapter to better prepare individuals and families of Summit County in the event of manmade or natural disasters. This free course includes disaster preparedness activities as well as fire safety information. Participants who complete all 16 hours of instruction will receive American Red Cross certification in CPR and First Aid.

CERT Curriculum:

• Identify potential hazards in the home and workplace
• Developing plans to prepare families, businesses for disasters
• Learning skills to help until professional responders arrive
• Developing fire safety skills
• Identifying hazardous materials
• Understanding the psychological impact to disaster victims
• American Red Cross CPR, AED, First Aid
• Community Anti-Terrorism Awareness (CAT Eyes) instructed by the Summit County Sheriff's Office

Class Dates and times:

Future Class Dates to be announced.

Light Breakfast and Lunch to be provided

Class is limited to 30 participants so please call the Twinsburg Fire Department to register as soon as possible. For more information, please call the TFD at (330) 963-6256, during normal business hours and ask for Bonnie Kocmit or Captain Steve Bosso.

Public Service Announcements

Twinsburg Fire Department is pleased to announce the inception of a new program on Fire and Fall Prevention for the Senior Citizens of our community. This program is being funded by a Federal Grant. This program, as all programs offered by the Twinsburg Fire Department, will be provided free of charge.

Presented materials will educate the attendees of the possible trip and fall hazards found in their homes along with some fire safety tips.

Each year, one out of every three people over the age of 65 falls. These falls are a serious public health problem because they can limit these valuable members of our community's ability to lead an active, independent life.

The risk of falling increases with age. Older adults who fall once are two or three times as likely to fall again within a year. 95% of hip fractures are caused by falls.

Our goal is to decrease the overall incidence of falls in adults over the age of 65 by providing the proper education.

Autumn Safety Tips

Chimneys & Furnace

Chimney maintenance is vital to your family's safety

• Have your chimney inspected and cleaned on a regular basis

• When possible, burn seasoned woods (dryness of the wood is more important than hard wood versus soft wood) 

• Smaller, hotter fires will burn more completely and produce less smoke than larger fires.

• Do not bur cardboard boxes or trash, as they can spark a chimney fire.

• Install stovepipe thermometers, which help monitor flue temperatures where wood stoves are in use, then adjust burning practices as needed.

Click on Taz to see how fast a Christmas Tree will catch on fire.

Four area Fire Departments receive National Award

Four Fire Departments in the Greater Cleveland area recently received the Life Safety Achievement Award, which is given by the Residential Fire Safety Institute (formerly Operation Life Safety). The Bedford, Macedonia, South Euclid and Twinsburg Fire Departments were recognized for having outstanding fire safety statistics during the year and for their proactive measures in improving their community's fire life safety records in the future. Each of the four departments achieved zero structural fire deaths. Congratulations to the departments involved.

The above article was in the Winter 2002 edition of the "Siren" Newsletter.

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