CHiRP Home Alarm Checks
A CHiRP Home Alarm Check is a free service provided to anyone living in Chatham-Kent.
During a CHiRP Home Alarm Check, firefighters visit your home to ensure your smoke & carbon monoxide alarms are working, correctly located & not expired. Have alarms that need replacing? We can help with that too.
Firefighters will also engage in conversations about the overall safety of your home and are able to provide further assistance if necessary.
CK Fire & Rescue collaborates with a number of partner agencies committed to working to ensure a safe community.
Request a CHiRP Check here or contact us at 519-360-1998.
After the Fire
A fire in your neighbourhood can be a very unsettling thing. CK Fire & Rescue's After the Fire program offers reassurance to residents by visiting homes in the surrounding area after a fire.
Firefighters visit homes to answer any questions, engage in conversation, and offer CHiRP Home Alarm Checks.
Was there a fire in your neighbourhood?
We can help. Sign-up for a free CHiRP Home Alarm Check. Firefighters visit your home to ensure your smoke & carbon monoxide alarms are working, correctly located & not expired. Have alarms that need replacing? We can help with that too.
Request a CHiRP Check here or contact us at 519-360-1998.
My Apartment
My Part – Apartment Fire & Emergency Safety Planning is an educational program aimed at increasing knowledge of apartment fire safety, evacuation, and shelter-in-place procedures.
Learn more about Apartment Safety here.
The My Apartment program for CK residents living in apartment buildings over 3 storeys. The program teaches those living in high-rise buildings how to:
- Recognize reasons/situations when staying inside their unit and sheltering-in-place is the safest opinion during a fire
- Identify best practices when exiting their unit in a fire AND the importance of closing the door
- Understand their rights and responsibilities for the maintenance and testing of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
Request a My Apartment Educational Program here or contact us at 519-360-1998.
Youth Firesetters
Arson Prevention Program for Children (TAPP-C)
TAPP-C is a program that brings together the fire service and counselling professionals to help families deal effectively with children and teens involved in fire-play.
The fire service professionals educate children and their families about fire and how to develop good fire safety practices. Counselling professionals assess the risk of continued fire involvement and help children and their families deal with problems that may contribute to the dire setting.
TAPP-C is free and is available to children up to 17 years of age.
Please contact Chatham-Kent's Children's Integrated Services and mention this program by name at 519-352-0440 or email mhdevintake@ckcs.on.ca.
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