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Show HILLTOP TIMES TIMES October 4, 2007 Dallas Mayhew exits a home filled with simulated smoke as the Hill Air Force Base Fire Department conducts a drill with young children in preparation for next week's events. FIRE PREVENTION MATTHEW HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner From page 1 A Hill Air Force Base firefighter clears a house filled with simulated smoke during a drill. Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 8-14. lunch. Friday the third annual golf tournament will take place, including a two man scramble/best ball, with an 8 a.m. start. Saturday the 6th annual Firehouse 5K/10K and kids one-half mile run is set to start at Fire Station 1, Building 9 at 8 a.m. "Practice Your Escape Plan" is another emphasis of the week, said Chris Lee, a HAFB fire inspector. HAFB, being an older facility in many of its areas, has plenty of fire-related activity, he said. Home fire escape is vital to add to a "to-do" list, Lee said. Everyone thinks tragedies such as home fires happen in other communities and to other people. But there were 381,000 home fires across the country in 2005, with the National Fire Protection Association reporting 3,030 killed in those fires, or one person every three hours. Unattended cooking is the No. 1 cause of home fires, he said. Lee advises installing a smoke alarm on each level of your home, including one inside each bedroom and outside of each sleeping area. Smoke alarms should be tested at least once a month, and a fire escape plan should identify two ways out of each room and a family meeting place outside. "Since I got here Aug. 6, we've had 13 fires," Lee said. That has involved wildland, aircraft, structural fires, a garbage truck fire, and the latest, as of this interview, when a crane failed and two people were injured. "One of our major missions is'in-flight emergency," he said. "We meet the aircraft when they get back." Firefighters are trained to be able to get a hazardous materials fire out within a few minutes, Lee said. There are three on-base stations, another under the base jurisdiction at Little Mountain and a fourth on the base being built near the new East Gate. The nearly 90 firefighters are virtually all EMT-certified and receive "very rigid training," Lee said, adding that's especially important as resources have been tightened due to the war. The firefighters are responsible to protect the 25,000 military and civilian personnel and their families on base, as well as the 15 million square feet of facili- ties in about 1,100 buildings, Lee said. Although firefighters are most recognizable when on the scene of a blazing fire, five fire inspectors regularly perform inspections of those buildings and the thousands of fire extinguishers on base. Monthly fire drills are held for residents of base housing and all buildings are inspected on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis. Base firefighters work on a 48 hours on, 72 hours off regimen. Many of them also volunteer at neighboring departments. Lee said. For more information about fire safety and to be a part of the Great American Fire Drill, visit the Web at www.fierpreventionweek.org or www.sparky.org. "Since I got here Aug. 6, we've had 13 fires." CHRIS LEE, of a figure that the Hill Air Force Base fire inspector said included wildland, aircraft, structural fires, a garbage truck fire and the latest when a crane failed and two people were injured :\iA• Helicopter Rides Sat. from 1-4pm BySilverstate Helicopters Com Maze Haunted Maie Cow Train Giant Slides Hay Jump 'Hay Maze Paint Ball Shoot Pig Races Animal Swing* F Store Pumpkin Patch Hayride Animal Alley Concessions Corn Cannon Corn Box Coal Mountain^Bon lires Mondays (£ta53 :tO'>7 pnf)°field of Screams Mij}° Helicopter Rides(^];Qi3io " 801-774-MAZE CORN MAZE & COURTYARD Adults $10 Kids $8 HAY RIDE Adults $8 Kids $5 3187 S. 3000 W. Syracuse, Utah 84075 COMBO PASS Adults $15 Kids $10 FIELD OF SCREAMS Adults $15 Kids $15 Mon-Thurs: 4pm Fri: 4pm - Midnf Sot: I Oam - M O Field of Screams Haunted Corn Maze Hayride or Combo Pass Expires 10/31/07 o o o ..::~::v;.:~: :.v:; o • o • |