HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2002-081 Fire Prevention Week -- October 6-12, 2002RESOLUT$01 NO. 2002-81
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WHEREAS, fire kills 3,500 to 4,000 people it
all fire deaths occur in the home
WHEREAS, taking simple safety precaution
home fire hazards, can help Fre
deaths; and
WHEREAS, proper installation, testing ar
qualified testing laboratories re
WHEREAS, developing a home fire escap j
outside meeting place, and pr o
household, are critical to esca it
WHEREAS, the nonprofit NAPA (National Fi
sponsor of Fire Prevention Wee
theme, "Team Up for Fire Sa et
together to conduct a home a
escape plan, and install and to t
WHEREAS, NFPA dedicates "Team Up foJ F
so valiantly gave their lives to s�
and
WHEREAS, the fire service of Edina is comnm
devastating effects of fire; and'',
WHEREAS, the Edina Fire Department 'w
Sunday, October 13, 2002,1 f:
demonstrations by the fire fight
fun activities for children; and
WHEREAS, the members of the fire service a
as well as other emergency sevi
schools, service clubs, and organ
I, Dennis F. Maetzold, Mayor of the (
October 6-13, 2002, as Fire Prevention Week.
Fire of 1871, which killed more than 250 p6rs
than 17,400 buildings, and serves as the I m
together to build a safer community.
I call upon the people of Edina to " to
prevention activities at home, work and schc
homes and families safe from fire.
In witness hereof, I hereunto set my hand
thousand and two.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk' ,
City Hall
4801 WEST 50TH STREET
EDINA, MINNESOTA 55424-1394
TION.
United States each year and 80 to 85% of
h as identifying and > emoving everyday
the majority of home fires and home fire
maintenance of smokq alarms listed by
art of a system of fire projection; and
n, with two ways out of each room and an
ng it twice a year with every member of the
L fire safely; and
Protection Association) has been the official
or 80 years, the 2002 Fine Prevention Week
," motivates children a0d families to work
-d hunt, develop and practice a home fire
oke alarms; and
Safety" to the hundreds' of firefighters who
others in 2001, especially on September 11;
E!d to the safety of life ano property from the
be hosting their annual Open House on
n 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. with many
and other organizations along with many
joined by other concerned citizens of Edina,
providers and safety advocates, businesses,
itions in their fire safety �fforts;
y of Edina, do hereby proclaim the week of
his week commemorates, the Great Chicago
s, left 100,000 homeless and destroyed more
ivating force to bring the people of Edina
Up for Fire Safety" by articipating in fire
and taking the steps needed to make their
1St day of October, in the year of two
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Mayor
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
I, the undersigned duly appointed and ac .
certify that the attached and foregoing R si
Council at its Regular Meeting of October 1,
Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City
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'Y CLERK
Clerk for the City f Edina do hereby
was duly adopted y the Edina City
and as recorded in a Minutes of said
day