Sunday, June 06, 1999
Firefighters will install detectors
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati firefighters will begin making rounds Tuesday in city neighborhoods to distribute and install free smoke detectors for homeowners — including special ones for the hearing-impaired.
Through Aug. 12, firefighters will visit single-family homes in various neighborhoods from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays as part of the 1999 Safe Summer Nights program.
The fire division also will offer special detectors that use strobe lights and vibrators for the hearing-impaired, said Capt. Bob Becker of the fire prevention bureau.
The blitz kicks off its first week in Mount Auburn, Mount Adams, Lower Price Hill, Price Hill, Northside and Oakley.
The Safe Summer Nights program previously targeted apartment buildings for the giveaway, but keyed in on single-family homes after council passed an ordinance last year requiring smoke detectors in those buildings as well, Capt. Becker said.
“There is a city ordinance. But we've been finding, as we do inspections, that there's a lot of homes that don't have them or that have them and they don't work,” he said.
The division also will replace detectors that are 10 years old or older as part of the program.
For information about when firefighters will visit your neighborhood, call Capt. Becker weekdays at 357-7597.
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