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MEDIA ADVISORY: Smoke alarm installations / Verree Road

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Smoke alarm installations / Verree Road

For immediate release: February 20, 2018Published by: Philadelphia Fire Department Contact: Capt. William Dixon executive.firechief@phila.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: Smoke alarm installations

WHO: Engine 56 & Ladder 28

Members of the Fire Prevention Division

American Red Cross

WHEN: TOMORROW – Wednesday, Feb. 21 beginning at 1 p.m.

WHERE: 7600 block of Verree Road

The PFD and its partners will distribute safety literature and install smoke alarms on the 7600 block of Verree Road, where a house fire occurred on Feb. 17 and one person died.

The Philadelphia Fire Department received a $1 million grant from FEMA last year to install 30,000 smoke alarms in Philly. If you know city residents in need, ask them to contact Philly 311. The PFD also has adaptive alarms for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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