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RESOLUTION NO, '429-99 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, <br /> Roth, Seelie, Skindell <br /> <br /> A RESOLUTION calling upon the people of this City to participate in fire <br />prevention activities at home. work and school, and to heed the message: "Fire Drills: <br />The Great Escape!" as the 1999 Fire Prevention Week theme suggests. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, smoke and poisonous gases are the leading causes of death in fires <br />and can kill a person long before the flame will; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, underestimating the power of fire and the time it takes to escape a <br />home after a fire ignites could cost a life; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS. developing a home escape plan and practicing it at least twice a year <br />is critical to escaping a real fire safely; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the 1999 Fire Prevention Week theme - "Fire Drills: The Great <br />Escape!" - emphasizes the importance of not only having a home escape plan but <br />practicing it regularly; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the fire service of Lakewood is dedicated to the safety of life and <br />property from the devastating effects of fire; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, those members of the fire service are joined by other concerned <br />citizens of this City, as well as businesses, schools, service clubs and organizations in <br />their fire-safe~, efforts; and <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br /> <br /> Section I. That this Council and the Mayor designate and proclaim October 3-9 <br />as Fire Prevention Week and call upon the people of Lakexvood to participate in fire <br />prevention activities at home. work and school andto heed the message: "Fire Drills: <br />The Great Escape!" as the 1999 Fire Prevention Week theme suggests; we further urge <br />commemoration of the Chicago fire of 1871 which killed 300 persons, left 100,000 <br />homeless, and destroyed more than 17,000 buildings. <br /> <br /> Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed <br />to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to Chief La~vrence E. Mroz, Station #1, <br />14601 Madison Avenue, Lakewood. Ohio, and that a copy of this Resolution be spread <br />upon the minutes of this meeting. <br /> <br />President <br /> <br />Approved: ~_/.-, ~ <br /> <br />Clerk <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br /> <br />