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; � � Declaring the Week of October 6, 2002 � �
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� 3�Tjeceag, Fire kills 3,�00 to 4,000 people in the United States each year and 80 to 85% of all fire , �.
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�` ��,(,� �� ��eceag, Taking simple safetyprecautions such as identifying and removing everyday home fire � "���
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i � � j �Tjereag, Proper installation, testing and maintenance of smoke alarms are part of a system of fire �±
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���� �'! �I�erea�, Developing a home fire escage plan, witb hvo wa}°s out of each room and an outside � � ii
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�� ' ��etea8, The 2002 Fire Prevention Week theme, "Team Up for Fire SafetyTM," motivates � -_�
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���' �� J �geceag, The Village of Tequesta dedicates "Team Up for Fire Safety', to the hundreds of ,,: •� �
j T= � firefighters who so valiantly gave their lives to save others in 2001, especially on September 11; � �, �, i
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�� `I ��ereag, The Village of Tequesta's Fire Rescue Department is committed to the safet� of life � <--�1
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` � �gereag, The members of Tequesta Fire Rescue are joined by� other concerned citizens of the � :�
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! ' businesses, schools, service clubs, and organizations in their fire safety efforts; '
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1 �uSn, t�eeetore, I, Geraidine Genco, Ma��or of the Village of Tequesta, do hereby proclaim the i�'��
� I week of October 6-12, 20Q2, as Fire Prevention Week. This week commemorates tbe Great I _
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t j Chicago Fire of ]871 which killed more than 250 persons, left 100,000 homeless and destroyed I
_- i rnore than 17,400 buildings, and serves as the motivating force to bring the people of the Village � _� I
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� �;� g'urHjer, I call upon the people of the Village of Tequesta to "Team Up for Fire SafetS'� b�- , _=�j
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make their homes and families safe from fire. �=�'
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�� ���� . �n hritae�g ��eeenf, F herewith set my hand and caused the Seal of the Village of Tequesta to be �� i� ��
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