Our next Citizen Fire Academy will begin on February 26, 2008.  Contact us at 407-246-3128 or vicki@cityoforlando.net to reserve your spot in this exciting program.

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The Orlando Fire Department is dedicated to

Produce and distribute fire prevention safety literature, both in English and Spanish. Maintain Smoke Detector Giveaway Program for under-privileged elementary school children and senior citizens through the National SafeKids Network Program.

Install smoke detectors in low-income, high-risk areas to reduce the number of Orlando-area children injured or killed in fires and to reduce the number of childhood injuries.

Teach fire safety issues, such as the hazards of playing with matches, stop/drop/roll, and the proper procedures on vacating a burning building, etc. both in classrooms and in the department's Kids' Safety House , a mobile house on wheels designed to teach fire safety techniques.

Provide Fire Extinguisher training using films and "hands-on" demonstrations.

Enforce codes and standards pertaining to prevention of fire in senior citizen occupancies.