The Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office and the city’s volunteer Fire Corps will kick off its Project Home Safe fire and life safety campaign in Vancouver starting this July.
Project Home Safe focuses on preventing the leading causes of residential fires in Vancouver, including unattended cooking, improper disposal of smoking materials and unattended candles.
“The majority of our fires resulting in injury and life loss in Vancouver are from residential, not commercial, properties,” said Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli. “To move the needle on preventing home fires, we focus our efforts on educating residents on easy behavior changes to make in the home.”
The Fire Marshal’s Office anticipates completing visits to approximately 1,700 homes over through early fall.