To Schedule an Educational Event
Is your group or organization interested in a fire prevention or life safety education event? The Fire Marshal’s Office would be happy to provide this service to our community. Teaching adults and children about safety tips is just one of our specialties.
To schedule a fire prevention and life safety assembly or other educational event or if you would like more information about a specific topic: contact William Daywalt, Deputy Fire Marshal at 610-205-8554.
Fire Safety Facts
Each year, more than 4,500 Americans die and more than 30,000 are injured in fires. Many of those deaths and injuries could have been prevented if people had a better understanding of fire. Below are a couple of Fire Safety Facts about fire:
- Fire is fast! In less than 30 seconds a small flame can get completely out of control and turn into a major fire. It takes only minutes for thick black smoke to fill a house.
- Fire is hot! A fire’s heat alone can kill. Room temperatures in a fire can be 100 degrees at floor level and rise to 600 degrees at eye level. Inhaling this super hot air will scorch your lungs.
- Fire is dark! Fire starts bright, but quickly produces smoke and complete darkness. If you wake up to a fire, you may be blinded, disoriented, and unable to find your way around the home you’ve lived in for years.
- Fire is deadly! Smoke and toxic gases kill more people than flames do. Fire uses up the oxygen you need and produces smoke and poisonous gases that kill.
Practicing fire and life safety with your family at home or with your employees at your business can help minimize emergency incidents due to fire and other dangerous situations.