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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 Contact: Carson Chandler, (407) 246 - 2822
              Heather Allebaugh, (407) 246 - 3423
             
                       
 

Orlando Fire Department Installs Smoke Alarms
To Save Lives
 

WHAT: On October 23 and October 26, during National Fire Prevention Month, the Orlando Fire Department will be installing smoke alarms in homes without a working alarm in the Palomar area of College Park. During the two days, the Orlando Fire Department plans to make contact with the 247 homes in that neighborhood. In the past two months, OFD has installed more than 325 smoke detectors in homes without working alarms.
 
WHEN: October 23
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
 		  October 26
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
WHERE: Palomar Subdivision
Maury Road and Wilder Lane
 
WHY: In the United States, nearly 80% of fire deaths result from fire in homes without working smoke alarms.
 
CONTACT: Media interested in covering should call Commander Vicki Robles at 321-229-2093 for exact location at that time.


 

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