Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire & Emergency Services Awarded Grant to Support Home Fire Sprinkler Education
The Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire & Emergency Services (WSFES) was awarded a $750.00 stipend from the national non-profit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada (HFSC) to increase awareness about the life-saving benefits of home fire sprinklers.
The stipend was used to purchase two sets of Virtual Reality Goggles that are being used to promote the installation of fire sprinklers in your home. Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire & Emergency Services held their annual Open House event on Saturday September 13th, where members of the community got the chance to test them out. These will continue to be used at events and presentations in the effort to increase awareness of home fire dangers to civilians and responders and facts about installing fire sprinklers in homes.
“Every community needs the facts about home fire sprinklers. We are honoured to have been selected for this generous stipend,” said Stouffville Fire Chief Bill Snowball. “Using the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition’s educational materials, we will continue to raise awareness of how quickly a home fire can become deadly and the life-saving impact of installing home fire sprinklers.”
According to HFSC:
- Without sprinklers, today’s home fires become deadly in as little as two minutes.
- These fires put residents and firefighters at risk from toxic smoke, heat and flames.
- With sprinklers, in a home fire, the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate when the temperature reaches about 74°C.
- The sprinkler will spray water directly on the fire, controlling or putting it out. In most home fires just one sprinkler activates.
For more information about home fire sprinklers, please visit the Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire & Emergency Services website at townofws.ca/fire, and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada website at homefiresprinklercanada.ca.