{"id":25125,"date":"2025-04-09T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=25125"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:43:14","slug":"decatur-fds-fire-safety-video-being-readied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/decatur-fds-fire-safety-video-being-readied\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur FD’s fire-safety video being readied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new fire-safety video used by the Decatur Fire Department has been taken and is now in the process of being readied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Jeff Sheets told Decatur City Council at a recent meeting that the video is now in the hands of the media arts department at Huntington University, which had expressed a keen interest in producing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video, 12 to 15 minutes in length, will be used in fire-safety classes the department teaches each fall at the Survive Alive House in Decatur. The program gives youngsters fire-safety tips that they can incorporate in their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may also be employed in other ways, the chief pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The video, which replaces one in use by the department since the 1970s, is expected to be ready by the end of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department received a major assist in making the video from Champion Homes in Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Champion constructed a pair 10-foot by 10-foot boxes on its S. 13th St. lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One served as a mock-up of a kitchen; it had a grease fire and the video shows multiple ways to extinguish the fire, such as using a lid, baking soda, a fire extinguisher, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other mock-up was of a family room and the video demonstrates how fast a fire can spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEACHING SAFETY: The three-week fire safety program at the Survive Alive House is held each November, with students from all three public school systems attending, along with parochial students, home-schoolers and some from Amish schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special-needs students also have attended, Chief Sheets said at one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many as 450-500 students take part each year and thousands of youngsters have participated in the program over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survive Alive classes began in Decatur in 2000 and in 2020 a milestone of 10,000 students and chaperons was reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program employed by local firefighters \u201cteaches E.D.I.T.H, (Exit Drill In The Home), which means working smoke detectors, two ways out of the home, a safe meeting place, and the proper way to use 911,\u201d according to Sheets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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