Safe at home: Educating Vancouver residents about fire prevention
Initiative sends Vancouver Fire Corps volunteers, officials door to door in city’s fire-prone neighborhoods
By Jack Heffernan, Columbian
county government and small cities reporter
Published: August 24, 2019, 6:00am
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Paula Person, a Vancouver Fire Corps volunteer, was going door to door distributing fire prevention education materials when she came upon a troubling sight. The exterior of a home she was visiting was littered with cigarette butts.
She knocked on the door and spoke with the residents.
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