Smoke detector brigade abolished
The fire department’s smoke detector brigade, a summer student job that has existed since 2010, has been abolished. Item says Ensemble doesn’t like it, but surely the city got by without them before 2010?
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Kate
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Ephraim 17:38 on 2023-06-05 Permalink
The city should simply hand out 10 year lithium battery smoke detectors door to door… every 10 years. They save lives and they are cheap if bought in quantity.
dhomas 21:00 on 2023-06-05 Permalink
I bought one such model for my tenant. Yet every time I visit the apartment, it’s off the wall. Because he doesn’t turn on the hood and his cooking produces a lot of smoke, he finds it “annoying”…
steph 03:20 on 2023-06-06 Permalink
I let the brigade kids in just once. They stomped right in with their dirty boots. The two kids looked at me dumbfounded as we stood below the detector, the button out of reach. After a long half minute of awkward silence he pointed at my dining room chair, expecting met to bring it for him to stand on. I brought him a broom stick to reach the button instead.
I never let them in after that. I hope they smartened up and now carry around a small stick with them.
Kate 09:32 on 2023-06-06 Permalink
I had a visit in 2020, which I mentioned on the blog, and the guys were almost startlingly well turned out, like a small Boy Scout detachment made up of super keeners.