Firefighting news

LAKE VAUGHAN STRAWBERRY SOCIAL ANNUAL EVENT

The Lake Vaughan Fire Department is hosting their fundraising strawberry social and Yard Sale at their fire hall on Saturday, July 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. They will be serving a cold plate, sweets, tea, coffee and of course a dish of strawberries. Advanced tickets are $10 or pay at the door. Contact person is Gordon Raynard at 902-740-3018.

EAST PUBNICO MEETING

The department's regular monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 7 p.m. at the East Pubnico fire hall.

DATE IN HISTORY

June 28, 1994 - A 4:56 a.m. alarm for a fire at 62 Green St., caused considerable damage to a garage and two cars. Engines 1, 3 and 4 and Unit 14 responded as the blaze was quite close to the house.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Salvage Corp veteran Murray Allen will celebrate his 91st birthday on Saturday, June 28. Our best wishes, Murray, for a great day.

ALARM RECALL

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission along with the Maple Chase Company have recalled a product Fire X Branded 10000 series carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and 12000 series CO/Smoke combo alarms.

The recalled alarms can sound a "double chirp"/fault alarm in the presence of CO, prior to going into full alarm. Upon hearing a double chirp, the owner's manual instructions recommend a consumer take the alarm out of service, which could expose consumers to hazardous levels of CO and suffer injury or death.

The recall includes Fire X branded 10000 and 12000 series alarms with item numbers 10000, 12000, 12000C, 12006, 12200, 12220, 12400, 12400C,.

The date code appears on the back of the unit with a four digit year, three digit month, followed by the day.

PROPANE CARE

When lighting your barbeque, have the match or lighter already. Burning with the lid open before you turn on the propane at the barbeque when it is lit.

Each time turn off both the barbecue on/of valve and the cylinder valve. Use gas grills outdoors only.

When ever a cylinder is not connected to an appliance, the valve must be completely turned off and plugged with the special plug.

Checking for plugs next week.