Fwd: OFM Newsletter December 2022

[David Chaplin, CFPS]

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From: Office of the Fire Marshal <OFM....@ontario.ca>
Date: Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 8:15 AM
Subject: OFM Newsletter December 2022
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View this email in your browser Public Education Opportunities and Resources for December 2022 Office of the Fire Marshal Track Your Public Education Activities Download and save a Public Education Planning and Tracking Template that provides a simple format to document all your public education activities from planning to implementation. Using this planning and tracking template helps fire departments produce an annual report on public education activities. Download a sample Annual Report Template. December 2022   What’s the Risk in December 8% of annual loss fires occur in November Average of 48 injuries Average of 9 fatalities Top ignition sources: Cooking equipment Heating equipment (#1 for fire with no loss/injury) Electrical distribution equipment *2010-2019 Ontario avg. fire losses, Office of the Fire Marshal   December Fire Safety Concerns Cooking Smoking Alcohol Heating equipment Electrical Holiday Lighting Candles Prevention Holiday Safety   Tweet/post links to the holiday safety infographic and social media cards (French)  Consider using the radio PSA scripts (French) to make videos on your cell phone then post the videos on your social medial channels.  You can also send the scripts to your local radio station and ask that they be recorded for use on air   Tweet holiday fire safety tweets (French) throughout the holidays using the hashtag #FireSafe4theHolidays  Tweet/post links to ESA’s holiday fire safety information using the hashtag #FireSafe4theHolidays   Stay tuned to the OFM's Twitter page (French) for even more Holiday Fire Safety resources in the coming weeks! Candle Safety: Tweets, an information sheet are available here (French) Heating Safety: Tweet the heating safety social media card (French) Cut and paste the heating safety news release (French) into a Word document, customize it and send it to local media to raise awareness of heating safety Tweet heating safety tweets (French) Tweet/post links to the heating fire safety resources (French) For more information on carbon monoxide safety visit www.COsafety.ca Electrical Safety: Tweet/post links to Dryer Safety (French) Tweet/post links to the Clothes Dryer Safety Information Sheet (French) Tweet/post links to Electrical Safety Resources (French) Escape Stay Connected We’d love to hear from you! Tell us about your public education plans for your community! Send an email to ofm....@ontario.ca and put “Public Education Plans” in the subject line. Email us if you have questions about public education in your community. Let us know about specific programs that work well in your community or specific public education topics you would like addressed in an upcoming notice. Unsubscribe to remove your email from this mailing list.

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