Captain Parr | SAFE Program Coordinator
The Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) Program is a state initiative to provide resources to local fire departments to conduct fire and life safety education programs in grades K-12. The mission is to enable students to recognize the dangers of fire and more specifically the fire hazards tobacco products pose.
Senior SAFE is a grant program that supports fire and life safety education for seniors. Seniors have a high risk of dying in a fire. Fire and burns risks for seniors include: cooking, smoking, home oxygen use, and electrical and heating dangers. As part of this program, the fire department will install smoke/co detectors (for resident safety and not for property sale compliance) as well as lockboxes to give the department access to property should it be necessary. Reach out to the Council on Aging for more information or requesting one of these services.