Crime & Safety
Where Do Firefighters Sleep At the Firehouse? Take A Tour Sunday
Tour a Chesterfield fire station Sun., 1-3 p.m.
Where do firefighters sleep, eat and cook? Do fire stations really still have a pole to slide down from the second story?
Find out Sunday, 1-3 p.m. at in Chesterfield, on Baxter Road (across from Dierberg's Market Place) near Clarkson Road.
The tours Sunday kick off annual, traditional Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15.
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Did you know national Fire Prevention Week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire of 140 years ago? The 2-day fire killed 250 people and destroyed more than 17,000 buildings, according to the National Fire Prevention Association based in Massachusetts.
Sparky, the cartoon firefighter Dalmation, celebrates his 60th birthday this week and a fun website for kids and parents shows how to stay safe.
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Chesterfield firefighters will be giving away hats for kids during the tours, and fire safety printed material.
Parking is around to the side and back of the House 1,
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