HomeMy WebLinkAbout9. Proclamation of Fire Prevention WeekCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
October 1, 1991
AGENDA ITEM:
AGENDA SECTION:
Proclamation for Fire Prevention Week
Mayor's Reports
PREPARED BY:
George A. Lundy, Fire Marshal
AGENDIUMM # 9.
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Proclamation
This October we will focus public attention on our nation's fire problems
by observing the 69th Annual Fire Prevention Week. The Rosemount Fire
Department would like to take the opportunity to remind the citizens to
remain vigilant against fire all year long. This year, the National Fire
Protection Association has chosen "Fire Won't Wait —Plan Your Escape" as
the theme for Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, 1991.
Fire kills Americans every day when children play with matches without
realizing the powerful destructive force they hold in their hands, seniors
leaving dinner unattended on the stove for "just a minute", and someone who
falls asleep watching television while smoking. It is a national tragedy
that more than 6,000 people still die every year in fires. That would be
the equivalent of two Northwest 747 airplanes crashing head-on every month.
Fire Prevention Week has been proclaimed by the American president since
1922 when President Harding first urged Americans to take fire seriously.
It is meant to focus national attention on fire dangers and to assist the
fire service in tackling the problem in communities all across. America. We
know that public apathy must and can be combatted. Citizens who are made
aware of fire's danger can and will take steps to reduce the risk.
With this proclamation we hope to bring attention to the fire problem and
to have all the citizens of Rosemount practice good fire safety and to
teach their children that fire is a tool and not a toy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim the week of October 6-12, 1991 as "Fire Prevention Week'" for
the City of Rosemount.
COUNCIL ACTION:
eity of Rosemount
PHONE (612) 423-4411 2875 - 145th Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota MAYOR
FAX (612) 423.5203 Mailing Address: Vernon Napper
P. O. Box 510, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-0510 COUNCILMEMBERS
Sheila Klassen
John Oxborough
A Harry Willcox
Dennis Wippermann
P R O C L A M A T I O N ADMINISTRATOR
Stephan Jilk
NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEER
OCTOBER 6-121 1991
WHEREAS, home fires killed every 100 minutes in the United States
in 1990; and
WHEREAS, more than 4,000 fire deaths, about 80 percent of the
total U.S. fire deaths, occurred in the home in 1990; and
WHEREAS, children under the age of 6 and older adults age 65 or
over have the highest risk of dying in home fires; and
WHEREAS, developing and rehearsing home escape plans is a proven
life-saving measure that we all can take and
WHEREAS, every household should have such a home fire escape plan
that includes having working smoke detectors and two ways out of
each room; and
WHEREAS, fire safety behaviors such as crawl low under smoke and
stop, drop and roll save lives; and
WHEREAS, planning and rehearsing home fire escape plans does not
cost us anything, but we may have to pay dearly in loss of life,
injuries and property damage for not having one; and
WHEREAS, the fire department of the City of Rosemount is
dedicated to the safety of life and property from the devastating
effects of fire; and
WHEREAS, those members of the Rosemount Fire Department are
joined by other concerned citizens of the City as well as
businesses, schools, service clubs and organizations in their
fire prevention efforts; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I, Vernon J. Napper, Mayor of
Rosemount, Minnesota, do hereby proclaim the Week of
October 6-12, 1991 as Fire Prevention Week. This week
commemorates the great Chicago fire of 1871 which killed 250
persons, left 100,000 homeless and destroyed more than 17,400
buildings. I call upon the people of this City to participate in
fire prevention activities at home, work and school and to heed
the message, "Fire Won't Wait - Plan Your Escape" as the 1991
Fire Prevention Week theme suggests.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, I HEREUNTO set my hand this lst day of
October, the year of our lord nineteen hundred and ninety-one.
Vernon J. Napper, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan M. Walsh, City Clerk