Bucks County Fire News for June 2009

Plumsteadville & Lower Southampton Fire Companies  in conjunction with the Bucks County Fire Marshal's Office continue inspecting homes installing smoke detectors as part of "Operation Save A Home".

"Working Smoke Dectors Save Lives" 

To date the Trumbauersville Fire Company in conjunction with the Bucks County Fire Marshals Office has inspected 375 homes installing 114 smoke detectors. Of the 375 homes inspected 219 had smoke detectors.

"Working Smoke Dectors Save Lives" 

TO: All System Users                                       
 
FROM: Dennis R. Forsyth, Superintendent of Operations
 
RE: New Contact Number for Emergency Communications
 
DATE:  September 11, 2008
  
Effective October 1, 2008, please use the following number for all calls, except fax machines, from system users to the communications center:
 
 
1-888-245-7210
 
This will give you a menu to choose from to direct your call. If you have any questions please let me know.
 
Effective immediately please forward any correspondence to the address below:
 
 
Bucks County Department of Emergency Communications
911 Freedom Way
Ivyland, PA. 18974-5109
 
 
 
FAX MACHINE PHONE NUMBERS
 
Lower End Police
267-885-1317
Upper End Police
267-885-1318
Supervisors
267-885-1319
Scope
267-885-1320
Fire/EMS
267-885-1321

Attached is a notice to all Bucks County Fire Company's and Municipal Fire Marshal's for a cooperative venture to distribute FREE 10-year Lithium Battery powered Smoke Detectors.Please read the attachment and consider joining us in making Bucks County families safe. 

The Bucks County Fire Marshal’s Office presents 

OPERATION SAFE HOME – FREE – SMOKE DETECTOR PROGRAM 

A newly developed SMOKE DETECTOR PROGRAM funded by a FEMA grant that will partner with the Bucks County Health Department’s Safe Kids Coalition to provide low-income family’s FREE ten-year lithium powered smoke detectors. We are seeking those Bucks County Volunteer Fire Company’s and local municipal fire marshals who would like to participate in the program. Our goal: To assure all families residing in private residences who normally can’t afford smoke detectors receive free ten-year lithium powered smoke detectors. Our distribution method: In cooperation with the local Volunteer Fire Companies; firefighters will go door-to-door checking existing smoke alarms for proper operation. And where warranted install new ten-year lithium battery powered units as needed. This is a planned joint effort with these emergency service providers, municipal fire marshals and our County Health department. Together we will target selected low-income areas of our county to inspect and install smoke detectors as needed in an effort to provide proper fire protection to our residents. Additionally, a quick fire safety inspection of these homes will be offered at the time of the visit. 

WE NEED TO GENERATE A LIST OF THOSE FIRE COMPANIES and MUNICIPAL FIRE MARSHAL’S INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM. TO BE a PARTICIPANT SEND YOUR: FIRE COMPANY NAME, CONTACT NAME, CELL PHONE NUMBER and ADDRESS, and include your AREA’S of LOW-INCOME TO: Bucks County Fire Marshal’s Office. ATTN: Nick Rafferty, CFI - Chief Fire Marshal 911 Freedom Way, Ivyland, PA 18974 EMAIL: nerafferty@co.bucks.pa.us FAX:(215) 957-0765 PHONE: (215) 340-8730 DEADLINE: 

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY AUGUST 29, 2008 Respectfully, Nick Rafferty, CFI Chief Fire Marshal County of Bucks (215) 340-3730