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From YouTube: Aiken This Week - October 5, 2015 : Fire Prevention Week
Description
Fire Captain Brian Brazier announces Fire Prevention Week and shares information on fire safety, how to maintain fire alarms, and also details of the Crosland Park Fire Alarm Blitz on October 10, 2015.
A
Hello
welcome
taking
this
week,
I'm
Glen
Parker
joining
us
today
is
fire
captain
Brian
Frazer,
with
the
Aiken
Department
of
Public
Safety
Brian,
welcome
to
the
show
you're
busy
guy.
You
haven't
tried
to
get
you
on
here
for
several
weeks
and
it
just
so.
It
worked
out
that
today
you
were
able
to
join
us,
and
we
appreciate
that
now
before
we
get
into
the
show
too
much
and
I
know
the
show
will
air
later,
but
today
is
an
important
day
in
the
brazier
household.
Yes,.
B
A
A
B
Like
you
said,
I
stay
pretty
busy,
I
oversee
the
operation
of
the
fire
division
at
Public
Safety
day-to-day
operation
of
our
five
public
safety
fire
stations,
which
include
the
guys
going
out
doing
firing
life
safety,
inspections,
painting
and
testing
fire
hydrants
throughout
the
city
going
out
to
different
businesses
and
offering
fire
safety
education,
such
as
a
fire
extinguisher
training
or
helping
with
fire
escape
plans
and
things
like
that
and
local
businesses.
So
we
do
stay
very
busy.
How.
B
The
fire
division
actually
falls
in
the
same
division
as
the
patrol,
so
it's
patrol
fire
division.
So
we
have
our
87
sworn
officers
who
all
serve
as
our
firefighters
and
we
have
21
driver
operators
who
operate
our
fire
trucks
out
of
our
five
stations,
and
then
we
have
six
part-time
employees
who
are
public
safety
cadets,
who
are
actually
college
students
at
a
accredited
local
college.
We
pay
them
a
little
bit
of
money
for
college
assistance.
B
B
Definitely
we,
our
public
safety
cadets,
are
scattered
throughout
the
state
in
high-profile
positions.
The
number
two
man
it's
led
actually
right
now
started
out
as
a
public
safety
cadet
in
his
career
in
public
service,
our
former
chief
Pete
Frommer
started
out
his
career
as
a
cadet.
So
again
we
have
people
all
over
the
state
who
have
been
through
our
cadet
program.
We
have
a
lot
of
officers.
B
B
We
do
we
have
about
15
volunteers,
who
are
just
general
people
in
the
community
who
want
to
do
something
for
the
community.
They
come
in
serve
as
firefighters
or
they
serve
in
a
support
role
out
our
fire
scenes,
whether
it
be
with
our
rehab
I'm,
trying
to
take
care
of
firemen
who
have
been
in
and
out
of
burning
buildings
and
need
some
rest,
some
some
hydration
things,
and
things
like
that.
So
we
have
about
15
volunteers
that
that
help
us
at
our
fire
scenes.
Okay,
how.
B
B
A
B
B
Again,
it's
a
it's
a
national
effort,
it
actually
commemorates,
and
this
is
going
to
sound
funny,
but
it
commemorates
the
great
chicago
fire
that
occurred
back
in
1871
and
it
actually
happened
during
that
time
frame.
It
was
October
28
through
October,
the
10th
back
in
1871,
where
the
story
goes.
Miss
O'leary's
cow,
kicked
over
a
candle
in
the
barn
and
started
the
great
chicago
fire
which
burned
for
three
days
in
Chicago
Illinois
and
a
300
people
perished
in
the
fire,
and
a
hundred
thousand
people
were
displaced
from
their
homes.
B
So,
on
the
40th
anniversary
of
that,
the
National
Fire
Protection
Association
wanted
to
remember
it
and
it's
used
as
a
catalyst
for
our
national
fire
protection
efforts
for
fire
prevention
week.
So
it's
just
it.
It's
not
really
a
celebration,
but
it's
it's
a
remembrance
of
those
300
people
who
perished
and
the
people
that
lost
their
homes.
And
it's
just
a
reminder
that
that
we
need
to
be
safe
in
our
homes
where
we
live,
where
we,
where
we
lay
our
heads,
sure.
A
B
Year
is
here
the
beep,
where
you
sleep,
every
bedroom
needs
a
working
smoke
alarm.
So
that's
that's
very
important.
We
found
that
a
lot
of
fire
fatalities
that
that
happen
in
residence
happen
at
night
when
people
are
generally
asleep
sometime
between
11
at
night
and
seven
in
the
morning.
So
without
that
working
smoke,
detector
or
smoke
alarm
to
notify
you
that
there's
a
fire,
you
might
not
ever
wake
up
right.
Let's.
A
B
We
actually
say
that
we
want
people
to
put
smoke
alarms
in
based
on
the
manufacturer's
recommendations.
We
recommend
that
you
have
one
in
every
sleeping
area
of
your
home,
so
every
bedroom
needs
its
own
smoke
alarm.
We
also
like
to
see
one
outside
in
the
common
areas,
like
a
common
hallway
that
leads
to
three
or
four
bedrooms
needs
to
have
one
in
it.
We
like
to
say,
put
them
near
the
kitchen,
although
we
want
to
be
in
a
kitchen,
because
sometimes
we
tend
to
use
them
as
a
timer
when
they're
in
the
kitchen.
B
That's
not
a
good
thing.
We
don't
want
that
smoke
alarm
going
off,
so
if
you
put
it
near
the
kitchen,
probably
at
least
10
feet
away
from
any
appliances
again
sleeping
areas,
common
areas
that
that
lead
to
sleeping
areas,
at
least
one
on
every
level
of
your
home,
including
your
basement.
If
you
have
a
basement,
you
need
to
have
one
okay.
How
about
the
garage?
The
garage
is
very
important
area,
especially
if
it's
attached
garage.
Not
only
do
you
need
a
smoke
alarm,
but
then
we
need
to
start
talking
about
carbon
monoxide.
A
A
B
The
best
the
best
kind
to
have,
of
course,
we
always
want
the
best.
You
know
when
it's
come
to
protecting
ourselves
and
our
children
in
our
homes
is
a
battery-operated,
elect
a
powered
wired
but
battery
back
okay
and
they
need
to
be
interconnected
and
a
lot
of
people
say
well.
How
do
you
make
that
happen?
Well,
basically,
what
that
is
is
when
one
smoke
alarm
sounds
they
all
sound,
so
everyone
is
notified
of
the
fire,
not
just
the
person.
That's
in
that
bedroom
right
technology
has
gotten
so
well
with
smoke.
B
Alarms
now
is,
if
you
need
to
replace
older
alarms
that
aren't
interconnected.
They
actually
have
Bluetooth
capabilities.
Now
in
a
smoke
alarm
where,
if
I
smoke
alarm
goes
off,
it
will
notify
the
other
smoke
alarm
in
the
house
said:
hey
I'm,
activating
you
need
to
be
going
off
to
through
bluetooth
technology.
Pretty
amazing
sounds.
A
B
Well
say
we
suggest
that
you
test
your
smoke
alarm
monthly
and,
of
course,
if
it
doesn't
operate
during
that
test
that
monthly
tests,
you
need
to
probably
check
the
battery
first.
You
know
the
batteries
bad,
replace
it
then,
but
if
you,
if
it
works
for
that
six
months,
it's
not
a
bad
idea
to
do
it.
Every
time
you
change
your
clock,
whether
we're
springing
forward
or
we're
fixing
to
fall
back,
go
ahead,
get
some
batteries
and
be
ready
to
replace
them
when
that
time
comes,
take
them
out
and
get
them
changed.
A
B
We've
done
a
lot
of
studies
on
that,
because
you'd
be
surprised
a
number
of
smoke
long
as
we
find
in
houses
that
are
very
old,
actually
they're,
saying
now
that
a
smoke
alarm
should
have
a
birthday.
If
you
buy
some
oak
alarm
and
it
doesn't
have
a
manufactured
date
that
you
can
read,
it
I'd
take
a
sharpie
and
write
it
on
the
front
the
day
that
you
hang
it
and
give
that
smoke
alarm
a
birthday
and
replace
that
alarm.
B
If
it's
ten
years
old
but
they're
finding
is
as
I
guess
smoking
on
for
kind
of
like
us
to
older
me
and
you
get
the
slower,
we
operate
the
same
way
with
a
smoke
alarm
so
as
it
sits
in
your
hallway
or
in
your
bedroom
for
ten
years.
It's
gathering
dust.
It's
gathering,
you
know
just
it's
just
getting
older
and
it
doesn't
react
as
quickly
as
a
newer
one.
Would
so
we're
saying
if
your?
If
your
smoke
alarms
ten
years
old,
you
need
to
replace
well.
A
B
That's
exactly
right,
this,
the
standard
is
that
they
all
need
to
be
interconnected.
It's
just
safer
for
everyone
in
the
home
and
ten
years.
Most
of
them
now
are
sealed
batteries.
So
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
that
six
months
they
have
a
lithium
battery
in
there's
guaranteed
the
last
ten
years
when
you
put
it
in
it'll,
operate
in
the
last
year.
Ten
years
about.
A
B
A
B
Oh,
we
suggest
that
you
practice
what
we
call
the
Edith
drill
exit
drills
in
the
home
and
if
you
have
two
ways
out
of
every
every
every
room
of
your
house,
you
should
know
if
I'm
in
the
living
room
and
the
smoke
alarm
goes
off.
What
two
ways
can
I
get
out
of
this
house
safely?
That
way,
if
one
way
that
you're
considering
it's
blocked,
you
have
another
safe
exit
to
get
outside,
and
you
should
do
that
for
every
room
in
your
house
that
smoke
alarm
goes
off.
B
It's
not
the
time
for
you
to
go
looking
for
where
that
fire
is
because
you
know
things
are
things
burn
a
lot
faster
now
and
have
a
higher
release
rate
than
then
older
furniture,
a
legacy,
construction,
I!
Think
all
this
lightweight
construction
and
the
poly
materials
that
we're
putting
in
our
houses.
Now
the
the
smoke
is
just
so
poisonous
so
poisonous.
If
that
alarm
goes
off,
you
need
to
get
out,
have
a
meeting
place
outside
so
that
you
can
account
for
everybody.
B
The
mail
by
me
to
a
place
called
a
sec.
What
happened
my
suggestion
is
is
then,
after
that
smoke
alarm
goes
off
and
we
account
for
everybody
at
our
meeting
place
outside
whether
it
be
the
mailbox
or
the
pine
tree
in
the
front
yard,
use
your
cell
phone
or
go
to
the
neighbor's
house
and
call
the
fire
department,
don't
go
back
in
and
try
to
get
yourself
on
or
try
to
use
the
phone
in
the
house.
Okay,.
A
B
Should
always
have
fire
exits?
You
know
that
are
that
are
unblocked
I'm
unobstructed
for
for
people
to
be
able
to
get
out
of
a
business,
and
if
your
alarm
goes
off
in
your
business,
you
should
evacuate
the
business
now
it's
hard
for
you
as
a
business
owner
to
account
for
all
your
customers.
If
you
don't
know
how
many
people
are
in
there,
but
you
should
have
a
plan
in
place
that
you
know
your
employees
are
getting
out
and
they're
hurting
or
trying
to
help
get
customers
out
at
the
same
time,
okay,
okay,
it's.
A
B
A
B
Well
again,
most
of
the
fires
that
happened
in
aiken
county
were
at
night
between
the
hours
we
talked
about
before
eleven
at
night.
Seven
in
the
morning
again
in
homes
without
operating
smoke,
detectors
I
mean
it's
it's
sad
to
say,
but
the
data
is
revealing
to
us
that
we
can
almost
predict
where
the
fire
is
going
to
be.
When
it's
going
to
be
and
what's
going
to
cause
it
and
wire
that
it
didn
t
get
out.
Why
didn't
they
get
out?
They
didn't
have
early
warning.
B
A
B
When
we
looked
at
that
data
in
2013
of
the
ten
fire
fatalities
in
Aiken
County,
we,
unfortunately
our
jurisdiction
had
two
of
those
fatalities.
Right
right.
Before
Christmas
of
2013,
we
had
a
structure
fire
which
was
just
outside
the
city,
corporate
limits,
but
well
within
our
fire
district
that
we
had
two
fatalities
in
as
state
law
requires.
We
notified
the
fire
marshal
in
reference
to
the
fatalities,
and
they
came
out,
did
a
little
investigation
and
found
the
cause
and
again
no
working
smoke
detectors
in
the
home.
Based
on
those
efforts.
B
We
found
that
fifty-six
percent
of
the
homes
up
there
were
under
protected.
That's
a
lot
in
today's
society
that
fifty-six
percent
of
the
homes
in
that
one
neighborhood
in
our
jurisdiction,
we're
under
protected,
didn't
have
the
proper
protection
for
smoke
launch.
We
also
found
that
only
fifteen
percent
of
the
homes
were
actually
protected
properly.
You
know
some
of
them
may
might
have
had
smoke
alarms
the
twenty-seven
percent
were
unprotected.
So
that
means
they
had
smoked
lawns.
Maybe
they
weren't
in
the
right
place,
or
they
didn't
have
enough.
They
did
have
one
in
every
bedroom.
B
Okay,
so
you
know,
if
you
take
that
56%
that
were
completely
unprotected
and
add
the
20
set.
That's
almost
80
over
eighty
percent
of
them
homes
we're
not
protected
properly.
That's
just
not
right
in
our
society
today.
It's
just
something's
got
to
be
done,
and
this
was
a
great
program.
We
also
found.
We
talked
about
carbon
monoxide
a
little
bit
earlier.
We
found
that
59
homes
are
the
ones
that
we
visited,
have
fuel-burning
appliances
and
whether
it
be
a
gas
stove
or
maybe
a
wood,
stove
or
attached
garage,
or
something
like
that.
A
B
We
really
and
I
knock
on
wood
on
this.
We
picked
that
neighborhood
for
a
couple
reasons:
the
age
of
it.
It
was
easy
access
for
us
and
it
was
a
neighborhood
we
felt
like
we
could
get
into
all
them
homes
at
one
time.
That's
a
big
undertaking
to
get
in
that
many
homes
in
one
day
and
install
up
to
three
and
four
smoke:
smoke,
alarms
and
carbon
monoxide
detector.
B
So
we
don't.
We
have
knock-on
we.
We
had
many
fires
up
there
and
as
far
as
I
know,
since
that
blitz,
we
hadn't
had
any
structure
fires
up
there.
So
is
it
because
of
what
we
did
I
don't
want
to
take
credit
for
that
I,
just
I
just
hope.
If
one
alarm
one
smoke
alarm
that
saves
a
life
out
there,
we
did
our
job.
We
do.
B
A
B
Definitely
excited
about
this.
It's
going
to
be
a
huge
undertaking,
we're
asking
for
volunteers
we're
looking
to
get
into
every
home
and
crossing
park.
That's
over
500
homes.
In
one
day,
we've
partnered
with
the
Red
Cross,
the
Red
Cross
has
obtained
their
Red.
Cross
is
doing
a
program
this
year,
where
they
want
to
put
26,000
I,
mean
25,000
smoke,
alarms
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina.
Well,
it's
a
national
program
that
is
happening
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina.
It's
happening
in
New
York,
City,
San,
Diego,
California,
I,
believe
st.
B
Louis
Missouri
there's
only
four
locations
in
the
United
States.
Luckily,
South
Carolina
was
chosen
because
of
the
smoke
alarm
blitzes
that
we've
been
doing.
They
want
to
model
their
program
after
all
program,
so
the
Aiken
Red
Cross
has
has
donated
or
came
up
with
2200
smoke
alarms
and
500.
Carbon
monoxide
detectors
that
we're
going
to
take
on
october,
the
10th
we're
going
to
have
our
own
smoke
alarm,
blitz
and
crossing
park
and
look
forward
to
making
every
home
out
there
as
fire,
safe
as
it
can
be.
If.
B
Love
to
have
volunteers
help
we're
looking
at
some
different
organizations.
Of
course
the
Red
Cross
is
going
to
be
there
I'm
going
to
have
you
know
hopefully
20
to
30
people.
There,
we've
talked
Habitat
for
Humanity
talk
about
them.
Coming
in,
we've
got
some
volunteers
from
USC
Aiken,
that's
going
to
help.
So
if
you're
interested
in
volunteering
by
all
means
contact
public
safety
at
64,
276
20,
you
can
ask
to
speak
to
myself
for
Jason
Fogle
and
we'll
be
glad
to
get
you
in
the
right
direction.
That's.
A
B
A
B
You
know
we
talked
about
the
program
we
did
in
Kennedy
colony.
Also
in
that
year
we
visited
the
gate,
would
community.
We
had
a
smoke
alarm
education
day
out
there,
where
we
went
door-to-door
in
Gatewood.
That
was
a
resident
area
that
has
been
out
there
about
10
to
12
years,
and
we
wanted
to
remind
them
about
that
smoke,
alarm
10-year
anniversary
or
to
10
10
year
birthday,
it's
time
to
replace
it.
So
we
went
door-to-door
out
there
with
information
in
regards
to
your
smoke,
alarms
getting
them
changed
out
properly.
B
Let
them
know
if
it's
10
years
old,
it
needs
to
be
replaced.
Having
sealed
batteries
in
them
changing
the
batteries
if
they're
within
10
years,
we
also
talked
about
the
exit
drills
in
the
home
and
just
if
we
try
to
make
it
as
safe
as
we
can
for
thats.
Our
main
focus
is
the
protection
of
our
citizens.
Okay,
when.
A
A
B
X2-
and
I
ate
too
close
to
right
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
well
that
actually
went
into
effect
in
this
this
month,
September
we,
we
had
a
rating
back
in
January.
Where
is
ok,
min
visit
us
and
we
get
graded
on
different
things
within
our
department,
such
as
our
water
supply,
our
available
equipment,
our
dispatch
center
and
how
we
respond
to
fires
with
our
manpower
and
things
like
that.
Luckily,
we
were
able
to
retain
our
class
2.
B
We
were
the
first
class
2
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina
I'm
back
in
nineteen
eighty-two,
and
we've
been
able
to
maintain
that
classification
for
this
long.
So
we're
very
proud
of
that
part
of
that
is
our
training.
We're
required
to
do
so
much
training
monthly
and
we
do
up.
We
do
some
online
training
with
the
guys
that
show
videos
of
you
know
different
things
and
educational
type
things,
and
then
we
do
hands-on
at
least
four
times
a
year
where
we
do
drills
out
of
our
burn
building,
which
would
include
fire
attack
using
ladders.