Fire safety messages last a lifetime

NFPA fire protection engineer Jacqueline Wilmot during Fire Prevention Week 1994 with her mother Lorraine Schell, volunteer firefighter with the Merck Fire Brigade Each year during Fire Prevention Week fire safety education messaging is spotlighted so that people, especially young children, are educated about fire prevention strategies and safety preparedness tips. During this year’s “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm!” campaign, NFPA employees dropped by the Wollaston School in Quincy, Mass. and read to young students, played fun games with fire prevention themes, and shared safety tips that will serve the kids well...