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On Home Smoke Alarms and Residential Fire Sprinklers

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) today launched an effort to encourage everyone to install and maintain home smoke alarms and, if possible, sprinklers. More than 3,000 people die in home fires each year, and the majority of them have no working smoke alarm. To prevent these deaths, the USFA, a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sponsoring the nationwide Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign, which emphasizes that “Smoke Alarms Save Lives.” “The U.S. Fire Administration tracks fatal home fires every day, and it is tragic to see how many deaths are linked to homes without working smoke alarms,” said Kelvin J. Cochran, U.S. Fire Administrator. “The USFA is committed to preventing the loss of life and we want residents and fire fighters...

In support of National Preparedness Month, CYJ Enterprises presented "Beyond the Fire Drill" Emergency Preparedness Workshops to over 20 day care centers during the month of September. Family Day Care and Day Care Directors and staff met to discuss and review emergency management.

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The American Red Cross, City of Detroit Homeland Security and Citizen Corp reviewed how to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from crisis situations. As a demonstration of how food is prepared in Red Cross shelters, Glen Hendricks, with the Red Cross prepared a hot blueberry pancakes and bacon breakfast without the use of fire. At the Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County, Carole Y. Johnson and Harold T Jones conducted...

By: Nichole Christian, Director of Communications, TechTown Carole Johnson is putting her training and vast experience in information technology to work for a critical group of consumers: childcare customers. Johnson's company, CYJ Enterprises, LLC, has developed e-CYREN, software that stores, formats and prints emergency contact information mandated as part of the state's emergency card (Michigan form OCAL-3731). Johnson is offering parents access to the technology free-of-charge via her Web site at www.ecyren.com. Johnson first released e-CYREN on September 30, and a second release of e-CYREN is planned for December. The charge to schools and day care centers will be $39.95 per family. "I created e-CYREN to solve two problems,'' said Johnson, a former project manager for Compuware. "As a parent, I got tired of writing...