Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Grand Rapids Fire Department
The Grand Rapids Fire Department and Grand Rapids Public Schools are partnering to launch a monthly fire safety campaign.
GRFD said it aims to educate residents about fire prevention approaches after Grand Rapids experienced nine fatalities from five fires in 2020.
“This new educational approach aims to empower residents to create fire-safe environments through information on installing and maintaining smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for early detection and notification, as well as creating exit strategies in case of fire emergency,” Fire Chief John Lehman said.
GRPS will promote the fire safety campaign in the We Are GR newspaper, We Are GR e-news, social media, sending flyers home with students and more.
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Not only was last year one of the deadliest in American History because of COVID-19, but it was also the deadliest in Grand Rapids for house fires, according to the Grand Rapids Fire Department and WZZM.
There were 9 deaths in 5 different house fires in Grand Rapids in 2020 which is more than the last two decades, as Grand Rapid Fire Department Lt. William Smith told WZZM, This was a very, very high number for us. We haven t had that many fire fatalities for a very long time, nearly 20 years. So, the fire prevention division decided to change, or pivot, the way we operate. One of those operational things that we came up with was to partner with Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) to help our children be safer.
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Students get off the bus at Hunt Elementary School in Jackson on Friday morning, Aug. 7, 2020. The school is the first in Jackson County to open for the year amid the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.J. Scott Park | MLive.com
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Despite a sense of urgency to return students to the classroom, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has set a high bar for how to do it safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thenew CDC guidelines come as parents and educators in many Michigan communities are engaged in intense debate over reopening schools. The federal agency says schools can open safely if they put layered mitigation measures in place and offers a road map based on the surrounding community’s rate of COVID-19 transmission.