On Friday, April 22, people all over the world will join together to celebrate our planet – don’t be left out on the celebrations! Earth Day is a perfect time to reflect about what you are doing to help protect the environment. There are many ways that you can celebrate alone and with others. Here are some ideas:
Planet a tree. This helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cleans pollution, secures soil in place to prevent erosion, and provides homes for a lot of biodiversity.
Make nature crafts. For example, build a birdhouse. This will play an important role in every ecosystem.
Learn and teach others about the environment. Research issues such as pollution, endangered species, water shortages, recycling, and climate change. Teach others as well.
Reduce, reuse and recycle all day long. Buy as little as possible during this day, and avoid items that cannot be recycled.
Wear green and/or brown. Think tree and be like one with the environment.
Cook a special Earth Day meal. Use locally organic produced foods that have minimal impact on the environment.
Ride your bike or other forms of human powered transportation. This will reduce the amount of air pollution AND save you money at the pump.
Congratulations to Dwayne L. Lowry of the Navy and Joseph A. Grasso, Jr. of the Reserve and National Guard for receiving GEICO’s Military Service Award for Fire Safety and Fire Prevention.
Dwayne L. Lowry
In addition to his duties as the Fuels Division Flight Deck Leading Petty Officer on the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Lowry has dedicated over sixteen hundred hours of off-duty time to the Phoebus Fire Department in Hampton, Virginia. He has personally responded to over 500 emergency responses to fire, EMS, and rescue operations. In 2007 he was voted the “Firefighter of the Year” by the members of the Phoebus Fire Department.
Joseph A. Grasso, Jr.
While serving in a duty capacity, Sergeant First Class Grasso shares his firefighting and medical training with others and uses his skills to help injured or ill Soldiers. In his local community of Tampa, Florida, he helps save lives by participating in paramedic education, fire prevention, and accident prevention programs. In addition, SFC Grasso actively participates in the local fire department’s Home Safe Program where he inspects homes for fire hazards, helps residents establish fire escape plans and recommends changes to improve home safety.
Fire Safety For All would like to extend our gratitude to both of these individuals who promote fire safety and keep our families protected every day.
Fire Safety For All is dedicated to providing fire safety tips to help prevent fires and fire-related deaths and injuries. If you have a fire safety professional you would like to recognize or a fire safety tip to share, please email editor@firesafetyforall.com.
The information in this post was obtained directly from the GEICO website.
Congratulations to Beverly Thompson for receiving the NFPA’s 2010 Fire & Life Safety Educator of the Year Award. Beverly is a public education specialist with Dekalb County Fire Rescue in Tucker, Georgia. Some of her community service includes coordinating Fire Prevention Week festivals, conducting fire safety training programs for older adults and introducing the Risk Watch program to 84 schools in the area.
Fire Safety For All would like to offer a special thank you to all of the firefighters, fire rescue, emergency, safety professionals and educators like Beverly Thompson who promote fire safety and keep our families protected every day.
Fire Safety For All is dedicated to providing fire safety tips to help prevent fires and fire-related deaths and injuries. If you have a fire safety professional you would like to recognize or a fire safety tip to share, please email editor@firesafetyforall.com.
Information in this blog post and the photo of Beverly Thompson were obtained from the NFPA website.
Congratulations to Portland Firefighter Don Porth, winner of the Liberty Mutual National Firemark Award for Public Education and Community Service. According to a press release, “Porth is being recognized for his 25-year career of putting out fires before they start through education programs for Portland families.” Over his 25 years in fire service, he has served as firefighter, juvenile firesetter specialist, public education officer and fire inspector.
Selected among 150 nominees, Porth is known for creating the Historic Belmont Safety Learning Center and Fire Museum, chairing the Metro Injury Prevention Coalition and managing SOS Fires (an educational website focused on juvenile fire setting intervention). Porth will receive a $10,000 grant from Liberty Mutual and “plans to use the grant to support the Jeff Morris Fire and Life Safety Foundation”. For more information about Don Porth’s award, please visit Portland’s Fire Blog.
Fire Safety For All would like to offer a special thank you to all of the firefighters, fire rescue, emergency and safety professionals like Don Porth who promote fire safety and keep our families protected every day.
Fire Safety For All is dedicated to providing fire safety tips to help prevent fires and fire-related deaths and injuries. If you have a fire safety professional you would like to recognize or a fire safety tip to share, please email editor@firesafetyforall.com.
Information in this blog post and the photo of Don Porth were obtained from Portland’s Fire Blog.
Jason Maguire was only 3 years old when he fell into a campfire and suffered burns on 75 percent of his body, according to the Oroville Mercury-Register. After attending burn victim rehabilitation camps for ten years of his life, he now gives back to the community by helping to raise money for the Firefighters Burn Institute.
Every year, local firefighters and fire rescue professionals from Chico, Paradise, and Butte County, California hold a fundraiser called Fill the Boot. Jason is one of the many volunteers who participates in this event by waving black and yellow boots at cars in the road. This year’s event raised approximately $28,691. According to the Firefighters Burn Institute website, donations are used to improve burn treatment and to fund life-altering burn recovery programs, including Firefighters Kids Camp for young burn survivors and the new Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp.
If you know of a local event promoting fire safety or a fundraiser to help firefighters or burn victims, please email the details to editor@firesafetyforall.com. Fire Safety For All is dedicated to providing fire safety tips like these to help prevent fires and fire-related deaths and injuries.
