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PRE�I�AMATION '
DE�ING T� �EK OF
OCTOBER 6 - 14, 2000
FIRE PItSV6NTI�1 SiEEK
IN TSE VILIA�CE OF TEQUESTA
�AB, �moke and po4sonous gasea aze the leadinq causea of death in fires,
and can kill a parson long before the flamea willt and
�8, underestimatiag the power of fire and the ti� it takes to escape a
hosj� fire put people at severe ri�k to fire death and injury; and
�8, develop3ng a home fire eecepe plaa and practicinq it at least twiee a
year ara critical to escapinq a fire safe2yt and
W�EAe, a ca�plete ho�te esaape plan includes everyone in the household Imowinq
� tiiro ways out of each rooat, having an outdbor loeation whera everyone will meet
upoa exiting the hwne, and memorizing the fire depa=tmant's emergency telephone
n�ber; and
�As, the Fire Prevention Week 2�00 theme -^i�ire Drilla: thia Great Escape!^
em,EiYiasizea the importance of not only having a h�e esca
practicing it rmgularly; and � pl� �� PhYsica3ly
W�18, the biationa2 Fire Protaetion Association has documan�ed nearly 60
livas saved as a direct result of familiea' participation in "The Great Escape^
ovei the past two years; and .
�AS, the Village of Tequssta's Fire Reatae Department is dadicated to the
saSety of life aad propestry from the devastat3nQ ef€eets fires and •
W�EAS, the members of the Tequesta Fire Re�cue are joined by other concerned
citizens of the Village of Teque�ta, as well as other mnergency service
, psoviders and 9afety advocates, busineesea, achools, cluba and organizatione in
the fise safety efforts;
N�� T� B$ IT P20DCIi1�p 8! '1�I[Q VZIdiA�L' t'.ODl�CIL �' '.E'B8 VLlddl�' Op
�8T7►, assembled in regular sesaion tkuta 28� day of september, 2p00, that
'the week of Oetober B- 19, 2000, As Fire Prevantion �egk in the Vi2laga of
Tequesta. This weak cou��morates ihe Gtaat Chicago Sire oP 1871, which killed
moi� ttsan �50 porsons, left 100,OC9 helmelega and deatrayed more th�n 17,400
btuXd�;ngs. For nesrly 80 yeare 8�1hce then, Nor�h American Ptz� de�artmente
kcave joined efforta each year duri�q F}re prevention Week on a shared mission
of makiag the public safer from fir8.
�► I Cal7. upon the peopl� ot' thw villaQe o! Teqmaata to pattiaipate
3dA �ir� pYaventiop aat3vitiel� at hhloe. xOrk, a�i sahool, and to ozaa�nta „ The •
dx�it $sqa,pkln to easasa� tlssir �a�� ,a�d t�ar safALy of their f�hei].ib ia th� '
�ta�a�.
I�i ��s8 WbE1t�OF, I have herewi� s,et my hand and causad tF�� Seal of the
Vi.I1aCJe o€ r tequeata to be affixed t�is EBth day of BepCember, 2000.
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