The City of Pasco Fire Department’s Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Program serves as the focal point of a collaborative effort with City departments, community partners and social services to identify, mitigate, and reduce the dependence of “at risk” populations on emergency services.
One of the services of the CRR Program is replacement of smoke alarms and alarm batteries in private homes. After several years of this service, the fire department had a confirmed use of a CRR-installed smoke alarm notification.
The smoke alarms in question were installed last year in a home as part of CRR’s older adult smoke alarm campaign. Normally, the fire department would install 10-year battery-powered smoke alarms supplied by the Red Cross.