Sound the Alarm Web Site Now Available   

Alabama Firefighters Association is please to be a partner in the Sound the Alarm program. The International Code Council (ICC) and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) announce the release of the Sound the Alarm web site at www.soundthealarmtoday.org. Sound the Alarm is a community outreach and education program designed to reduce rural community fire hazards and other potential dangers in residential homes. The ICC received a Fire Prevention & Safety Grant to implement Sound the Alarm, and the NVFC is assisting with the execution of this pilot program.

Through Sound the Alarm, teams of fire department members, Fire Corps volunteers, and building officials conduct home safety checks, install smoke alarms, and complete follow up evaluations. The pilot program is being conducted in rural areas in Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, three states with high fire death rates. All materials used in the Sound the Alarm pilot program are donated to the teams, including smoke alarms, tool boxes, and tool kits. Baker Hill Volunteer Fire Department, Eutaw Fire Department, Lower Peach Tree VFD, Priceville Volunteer Fire Department, Uniontown VFD and Waterloo Fire Rescue are the Alabama Fire Department participating in this pilot program.

The new Sound the Alarm web site allows the pilot program teams, as well as other interested persons and those looking to conduct a similar campaign in their community, to access all of the resources online. Helpful tools include a home safety checklist, smoke alarm data sheet, web site banners, and much more. Online forms are also available for departments to declare their desire to participate or for local families to request smoke alarm installations for their own home.

Learn more and access resources on the Sound the Alarm web site at www.soundthealarmtoday.org. 

Learn more at www.iccsafe.org about the International Code Council.

Learn more about this and many other things at www.nvfc.org