Fire Prevention Week Video Features South Portland Fire Fighter

July 1, 2010 –Fire Prevention Week, sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), is not until the week of October 3, but NFPA is already planning for the big week.

IAFF affiliates that want to beginning planning their own activities can visit the event’s web site for resources, including a video featuring South Portland, OR Local 1476 fire fighter Jeff Rogers.

As part of its campaign theme, “Smoke Alarms: a Sound that You Can Live With,” NFPA wanted to produce a video encouraging smoke alarm safety and residential exit strategies in case of a fire.

After NFPA put the word out for a fire fighter to play a part in the video, South Portland Local 1476 President Rick Lee suggested that fellow member Jeff Rodgers had the perfect personality for the project. NFPA agreed.

The video is designed to be interesting to both kids and adults. NFPA hopes that the video will be used in schools and at community-based events to encourage the use of smoke alarms.