The 15th Annual Family Fire Safety Day will be held at Lowe’s in Portage on Saturday October 27, 2018 from 10am – 2pm. Free Halloween Costume Contest at 11am with prizes.
This family event combines safety with a whole lot of fun! Join E.S.C.A.P.E. Fire Safety, WOOD TV8’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Steffen and Jake the Fire Safety Dog for the 13th Annual Family Fire Safety Day on October 22nd from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Free nine volt batteries and smoke alarms will be available (while supplies last) and you can visit with Portage firefighters and tour their fire truck. If you need a smoke alarm installed in your owner occupied home, call toll free 1-844-978-4400 or email [email protected].
Family Fire Safety Day
Saturday October 22nd – 10am – 2pm
Lowe’s in Portage – 5108 S. Westnedge Ave.
Join the E.S.C.A.P.E. Fire SafetyTeam and Jake the Fire Safety Dog this Saturday at Lowe’s in Portage for the 13th Annual Family Fire Safety Day from 10am – 2pm. Free smoke alarms and 9-volt batteries will be distributed, while supplies last.
Join the E.S.C.A.P.E. Fire Safety Team and Jake the Fire Safety Dog this Saturday at Lowe’s in Portage for the 12th Annual Family Fire Safety Day from 10am – 2pm. Listen to this morning’s interview with WKZO’s Jim McKinney and E.S.C.A.P.E.’s founder Firefighter Michael McLeieer.
E.S.C.A.P.E.’s founder Firefighter Michael McLeieer stopped in to the WVFM 106.5 studio this morning to preview Saturday’s Family Fire Safety Day event at Lowe’s in Portage.
11th Annual Family Fire Safety Day – 10/25/2014
PORTAGE, MI – October 25, 2014 – E.S.C.A.P.E. Fire & Safety, WOOD TV 8, WOTV 4, AM 590 WKZO, 106.5 WVFM and WNWN 98.5 FM invited families to learn how to be fire safe today at the 11th Annual Family Fire Safety Day from 10am – 2pm at Lowe’s in Portage.
The day included a variety of activities. For starters, there were free 9-volt and AA battery and smoke alarm give-a-ways (while they lasted). Plus, children and families had the chance to meet WVFM’s Ken Lanphear and WOOD TV’s Bill Steffen as well as Jake The Fire Safety Dog from E.S.C.A.P.E.
Jake guided families as they crawled under the smoke inside the E.S.C.A.P.E. fire safety demonstration trailer and went outside to the designated meeting place.
In addition, a Life EMS Ambulance was on location and paramedics distributed safety information and a Portage fire engine was also available for a tour that offered the opportunity to ask the crew about their equipment.
Jake the Fire Safety Dog invited his friend, Dr. Seely Rotigel, to join us this year. She promoted health and safety for Jake and his four legged friends.
Coffee Rescue was on location serving refreshments again this year.
There was even a Halloween costume contest for kids with prizes at 11am.
Adults even had the opportunity to enter to win free fire safety items.
“2013 ended with the worst civilian fire fatality rate not seen since 1999 throughout Michigan,” said Firefighter Michael McLeieer, President and Founder of E.S.C.A.P.E. “Most of the fatalities, especially those here in West Michigan occurred in homes without working smoke alarms. It’s through events like the Family Fire Safety Day that we can connect the community and first responders together to educate and empower families to plan, prepare and practice fire safety all throughout the year,” said McLeieer.
E.S.C.A.P.E. would like to thank our generous sponsors and supporters of this annual event:
- Lowe’s in Portage
- WOOD TV 8
- WOTV 4
- Maranda
- WKZO AM 590
- WVFM 106.5
- WNWN 98.5
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Craig’s Cruisers
- SAFE Kids – Kalamazoo County
- Papa Johns – South Westnedge (Portage)
- Life EMS
- Portage Department of Public Safety – Fire Division
- The Visiting Vet
- EDub Designs
- Coffee Rescue
- Ridge NAPA
- Post Community Credit Union
- Roger and Joy Kamphius
The E.S.C.A.P.E. Mobile Training Center Fire & Safety Trailer
Our five bugle premier media sponsors
The 2014 E.S.C.A.P.E. Mobile Training Center five bugle sponsors.
To view the photo album from the 11th Annual Family Fire Safety Day, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.881251331885780.1073741868.126934187317502&type=1
For more information about E.S.C.A.P.E. and other fire safety tips, visit http://www.escapeinc.org or http://www.jakethefiredog.org.