Public Safety Events
National Night Out
The 26th Annual National Night Out, America's night out against crime, will be observed from 6 - 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6 in Texas. Initiated by the National Association of Town Watch in 1981, NNO is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for local anticrime programs, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. Neighborhoods across Euless are sponsoring block parties, cookouts and visits from police and fire representatives. Over 35 million people in more than 11,000 communities across all fifty states participated last year. So, turn your porch light on, organize a block party and "fight back" against crime in your community. You can request a visit by representatives of the fire department at 817-685-1600 or a police representative at 817-685-1536. Firefighters from all three stations and the fire safety clowns will be out visiting various organized block parties around town.
Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention Week, the longest running public health and safety observance on record in America, will be observed this year October 4-10. Proclamations have been signed by U.S. Presidents every year since 1925 proclaiming the week in which October 9 falls as Fire Prevention Week. On the night of October 8-9, 1871 the great city of Chicago was devastated by fire. The fire destroyed more than 17,000 buildings across 200 acres of the city, killing over 250 people. Strangely enough, another fire occurred the same night in the forests surrounding Peshtigo, Wisconsin. While nearly lost to history by the shadow of the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo fire burned over one million acres, destroyed 16 towns and killed more than 1,100 people. Those two fires forever changed the way public officials thought about fire safety. In 1911, on the 40th anniversary of these fires, the Fire Marshals Association of North America declared that the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire should be "henceforth observed in a manner that would keep the public informed about the importance of fire prevention." In 1920 President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation proclaiming the first National Fire Prevention Day. By 1922 it had become Fire Prevention Week, and the rest, as they say, is history. Be fire safe!
Fire and Police Open Houses
The Euless Police and Fire Departments will both host Open Houses from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, October 3. The Police Open House will be held at 1102 W. Euless Blvd. and the Fire Open House will be held at Fire Station #3, 202 S. Main St. Both events will have activities for children, tours of the facilities and members of the Citizen’s Emergency Response Team, Citizen’s Fire Academy, Citizen’s Police Academy and Citizens on Patrol. Plus, visit with clowns from the S.A.F.E.T.Y. Troop, along with Sprinkles, the police department’s new safety clown. In addition, representatives from each department will be available to answer questions and discuss their important role in the community. These events are free and everyone is invited!
