

Commercial Occupancy Fire Inspections Checklist/Information.Please see Commercial Occupancy Fire Inspection/Forms for information regarding: It is our belief that it is both safer and more economical to prevent a fire from occurring and to be prepared for a disaster. This includes performing Fire and Life Safety inspections, reviewing of building plans and special event permits, investigations, the education of our residents in preventing fires and planning for natural and man-made disasters. He says usually that means the batteries are too old.The Fire Marshal's Office is responsible for Emergency Management and Protective Services in Jacksonville Beach. North says many times they don’t have a smoke alarm or they have one, but it didn’t go off. “I get to go out and I actually see the devastation from the fires, and many times as we are interviewing clients to provide assistance to them, you know one of the questions we ask, is did you have smoke alarms and did they go off,” said North. He’s been a volunteer at the Red Cross for 10 years, and is on the Disaster Action Team. It’s something Doug North has seen throughout his career. “Every home should have a working smoke detector,” said Lisa Smith, executive director of the Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross.īut not everyone does. Volunteers will install up to three smoke alarms in each home or apartment. There’s already 40 appointments in the books for Saturday. Roughly 60 volunteers will be installing over 100 free smoke alarms. The American Red Cross is going door-to-door on Syracuse’s near Westside neighborhood on Saturday, May 6th. The Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross is doing just that through its annual Sound the Alarm campaign. (WSYR-TV) - Keeping families and homes safe.
