Fire Prevention Week October 8-14: "Cooking Safety Starts with You. Pay Attention to Fire Prevention."


The Marquette City Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention WeekTM (FPW) for more than 100 years — to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire preventionTM.” The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take when cooking to keep themselves and those around them safe.


According to NFPA, cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries in the United States. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking fires and deaths. “Year after year, cooking remains the leading cause of home fires by far, accounting for half (49 percent) of all U.S. home fires,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president of outreach and advocacy at NFPA. “These numbers tell us that there is still much work to do when it comes to better educating the public about ways to stay safe when cooking.”The Marquette City Fire Department encourages all residents to embrace the 2023 Fire Prevention Week theme, “Cooking safety start with YOU,” said Brian Phillips, Battalion Chief. “A cooking fire can grow quickly. I have seen many homes damaged and people injured by fires that could easily have been prevented.”


Marquette City Fire Department offers these key safety tips to help reduce the risk of a cooking fire.
1. Watch what you heat. Always keep a close eye on what you are cooking. Set a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
2. Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove. Always keep a lid nearby when cooking. If a small grease fire starts, slide the lid over the pan and turn off the burner.
3. Have a “kid- and pet-free zone” of at least 3 feet (1 meter) around the stove or grill and anywhere else hot food or drink is prepared or carried.


The Marquette City Fire Department is hosting a series of events in support of this year’s FPW campaign, including Firetruck Static Display on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11 a.m. (with a rain date of Oct. 14) with a parade at 12:30 p.m.


To find out more about FPW programs and activities in Marquette, please contact the Marquette City Fire Department at (906) 225-8936. For more general information about Fire Prevention Week and cooking safety, visit www.fpw.org. For fire safety fun for kids, visit sparky.org.

Kids Cove Enclosure Picket Return

A final pick up for pickets from the Kids Cove playground enclosure at Mattson Lower Harbor Park will be held:
Lakeview Arena Southwest Conference Room Thursday, October 5, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

After this event all remaining pickets will be discarded.


If you sponsored a picket for the original enclosure constructed in 1996, your sponsored picket may be available to you. No new pickets have been found. Most pickets have been picked up, however, over 200 remain. The effort to return pickets to original donors is made possible by City of Marquette Playgrounds for All Committee, Marquette Rotary Clubs and City of Marquette.

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