Fire dept. shares safety tips with students

City fire marshall Brian Reed meets with students at West Elementary School last Thursday as he highlighted the best places families should install smoke detectors in their homes.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

In the days leading up to Fire Prevention Week, members of the Mountain Home Fire Department met with students in local area schools to share with them a message on how to stay safe and to take steps to keep their homes protected from the risk of fires.

City fire marshal Brian Reed and firefighter Jon Harwood provided these messages as this year’s observance officially began on Sunday.

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