Fire Safety

What's Up Williston: Home Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness 12/05/2019

This month Senior Firefighter Prescott Nadeau returns to the program to discuss home fire safety and emergency preparedness. Later, host Erik Wells takes an inside look at the Williston Town Clock and shares what is going in around Town in the Community Notebook.

Clear Advantages of Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: 4. Smooth Transitions - Part 2 03/21/2019

Amy Brewer, Coordinator with the Franklin Grand Isle Tobacco Prevention Coalition, is joined by Michael McCaffrey, Associate Director of Property Management at the Champlain Housing Trust, and Chasidy Benjamin, Tobacco Treatment Specialist with Northwestern Medical Center, to explain the process of implementing a smoke-free housing policy. The group also goes into greater detail on how to maintain this policy and keep tenants and their properties safe.

Clear Advantages of Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: 3. Smooth Transitions - Part 1 03/21/2019

Amy Brewer, Coordinator with the Franklin Grand Isle Tobacco Prevention Coalition, is joined by Michael McCaffrey, Associate Director of Property Management at the Champlain Housing Trust, Joe Villemaire, CEO of Rockstar Property Management, and Chasidy Benjamin, Tobacco Treatment Specialist with Northwestern Medical Center, to explain the transition to smoke-free housing using the personal insights from a local landlord and others who deal with this issue on a daily basis.

Clear Advantages of Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: 2. Landlord Rights to Ban Smoking 03/21/2019

Mariah Sanderson, Coalition Director of the Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community, and Nadine Scibek, Attorney, discuss landlords' rights to ban smoking in their buildings.

Clear Advantages of Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: 1. Introduction to the Benefits of Smoke-Free Housing 03/21/2019

Kate Nugent, Executive Director of the Winooski Partnership for Prevention, and Rhonda Williams, Chronic Disease Prevention Chief with the Vermont Department of Health, introduce the benefits of smoke-free housing.

What's Up Williston: Winter Health & Safety 01/09/2019

This month, Erik Wells sits down with Williston Senior Firefighter Prescott Nadeau to discuss fire safety and emergency preparedness during the winter months. Afterward, Eric Place from the Rehab Gym stops by to explain the benefits of maintaining a good range of motion and demonstrates daily movements that anyone can do at home on even the coldest of winter days. The episode concludes with the Community Notebook with announcements and reminders from Town Departments.

PSA Contest: Dry Hydrants PSA 09/24/2008

Fire protection and dry hydrant safety PSA.

Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force The mission of the Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force is to enhance personal, family and property security against fire loss in Vermont by coordinating individual, public and private resources to assist rural fire departments to improve their fire protection capabilities.

802-828-4582, dryhydrantguy@yahoo.com

Firesafe Vermont: FireSafe Vermont 12/17/2004

FireSafe Vermont with Tom Middleton and Micheal Greenia

Burlington Fire Prevention Week 10/08/1990

Burlington Fire Prevention Week

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