LTVFD Fire Safety Information

Have your chimney professionally cleaned and safety checked

FIRE SAFETY

Keep Your Family Fire
Safe

Teach your children to dial 9-1-1 in emergencies

Keep a fire extinguisher in a handy place
and know how to use it

Never leave appliances running while
you are asleep or away from home

Make a family fire escape plan and PRACTICE!

   Install smoke detectors and check them often


Change batteries several times a year

Make sure your children know what the detector sounds
like

KNOW THE LAW.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO BURN OUTDOORS
IN FLOYD COUNTY

Because of unacceptably high ozone levels in Lake,
Porter, Clark and Floyd
counties, open burning of residential waste is
illegal.

Source: Indiana Dept. of Enviornmental Management "Open Burning" brochure, 2001.
All rights reserved. Art and text used with permission.

Please make note that ALL outdoor burning is illegal.
This includes burning leaves, garbage, yard waste, bon
fires, and fireplaces or pits.
It also includes fireplaces and firepits that are sold for
outdoor use.
For information on open or outdoor burning in Indiana
check the link to IDEM on our Fire & EMS Community
page.
In other states contact your local Fire Department,
Health Department or Government Offices.

GIVE 'EM A BREAK!
Emergency vehicles need room. Lots of room.
Please slow down, pull over and make way for
emergency vehicles.
It will keep you -- and us -- safe.

For more information on Fire Safety contact
your local Fire Department or State Fire Marshal's Office.
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