Fire Prevention

Fire and Life Safety Education

• Fire and Life Safety Education is by far the most effective method of preventing injuries and death due to fire or other types of emergencies.
• For a fire to occur it requires heat, fuel and oxygen and something to bring it all together. The something is usually a person. Education helps to eliminate the person aspect of the equation.
• By focusing on behavior modification education we can change people's belief's or attitudes about fire.
• The department educates people at the schools at a young age about the threat of fire and how or where the threats exist in the environment.
• Educating the public how to act before accidents occur on how to react during an emergency can make emergency operations easier.

 The Township of Asphodel-Norwood educates and protects its citizens by:

• School and pre-school visits by fire personnel
• Fire Station Tours
• Information booths at the following events:
  • Showcase Asphodel-Norwood
  • Canada Day
  • Halloween - open house and information booth
  • Halloween - patrol in rural areas
  • Norwood Fair - information booth and First Aid Station
  • General safety inquiries from public      

Some of our Community Activities the Fire Department connects to the community:

• Fire Prevention Week, which includes visits to local schools
• Norwood Fair
• Santa Claus Parade
• Pancake Breakfast
• Canada Day
• Remembrance Day
• Community Care Walk-a-thon

To find out more on Fire Safety, please visit the Government of Ontario's Office of the Fire Marshall web page.