Fort Washington Fire Company Fire Safety and Prevention

Local Fire Prevention Week Activities

Fire Prevention Week is celebrated nationally each year during the week (Sunday – Saturday) that October 9 falls in.  October 9, 1871 is the date of the Great Chicago Fire, and in 1920 President Wilson declared by proclamation that this date is to be observed for fire prevention and fire safety annually. 

The Fort Washington Fire Company conducts and participates in many programs beginning the week prior to Fire Prevention Week, and through a week or two past.  The reason that we start the week prior to Fire Prevention Week is because we do have a very busy schedule, and we try to spread the activities out over time.  As we are a 100% volunteer fire company, we have to rely on the availability of our members.  Some of the members do use some of their vacation days from their paid places of employment to participate in the fire prevention activities. 

Throughout the evening hours (6:30 PM – 9:00 PM) on the Monday prior to Fire Prevention Week, the Fort Washington Fire Company presents our annual Fire Prevention Expo at the Fort Washington Expo Center.  Click here for more information about our Expo.

During Fire Prevention Week, we attend the public and parochial schools in Upper Dublin Township.  Coloring and poster contests are conducted in conjunction with our school visits and fire Expo.  Click here for more information about our school visits

Members of the Fort Washington Fire Company Fire Prevention Committee are invited every year to assist other fire companies with their programs, which include Expos, open houses, musters, and the like.  Usually, our personnel take our robot and / or “Hazard House”, along with literature for handout.  Some of the fire companies that we have gone to assist are Centre Square Fire Company (Whitpain Township), Cheltenham Fire Company (Cheltenham Township), Roslyn Fire Company (Abington Township), Doylestown Fire Company (Doylestown Township and Doylestown Borough, Bucks County), and Plumsteadville Fire Company, (Plumstead Township, Bucks County).