PROCLAMATION

•	In the U.S. someone dies from a home fire every one and one-half hours.
•	Seventy-nine percent of fire deaths nationwide happen in the home.
•	The City of Ashland recognizes the significant personal and economic toll fire takes on its citizens.
•	The City of Ashland understands that safety measures can significantly cut the risk of fire.
•	Smoke alarms have been proven an effective lifesaver, having helped to cut the home fire death rate by one-half since their introduction to the general public.
•	Working smoke alarms are essential in every household and should be installed on every level of a home including the basement and outside of each separate sleeping area.
•	Ashland Fire & Rescue is reaching out to its citizens with a message of fire safety during Fire Prevention Week 2004.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Ashland, hereby proclaim the week of October 3- 9, 2004 as:

NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

and call upon the people of Ashland to remember the Fire Prevention Week 2004 reminder,

"It's Fire Prevention Week: Test Your Smoke Alarms."

and urge all citizens to heed the advice to install and maintain smoke alarms.

Dated this 5th day of October, 2004.

Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
Alan DeBoer, Mayor

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