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Community
Relations and Education
 The
Community Relations and Education
Unit (CREU) provides public education
outreach to the community by addressing
life safety issues.
Among
its other duties, CREU oversees the
Department's
free smoke detector and battery
give away program. Over 550 smoke
detectors and 100 batteries were installed
free of charge in City homes in 2000.
Firefighters
from the Unit also conducted door
to door surveys on 52 streets checking
for smoke detectors, installing new
ones if needed and distributing information
on fire safety and prevention.
The
Rochester Fire Department, Wegman's
Food Markets and Chase Pitkin introduced
the WKids Fire
Safety House in June of 2000.
This portable house was used in 19
presentations involving over 2,300
children who learned how to detect
fire hazards and escape from their
home in the event of a fire.
CREU
conducted 531 fire safety presentations
reaching over 36,000 children and
adults. Presentations were made to
groups from the City School District,
City recreation centers, the YMCA,
senior housing complexes, neighborhood
and church groups, local businesses
and others who requested information
on fire safety.
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