GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — The Green Bay Metro Fire Department will be hanging holiday wreaths on all nine of their fire stations beginning on Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day for a public awareness campaign. The wreaths will be initially lit with all green lights. Then, for every residential fire that occurs during this holiday season, one lightbulb on the wreath will be changed to red.
Lieutenant Shauna Walesh, Public Information Officer and Life Safety Educator for the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, says that each year about 15 residential fires occur during the holiday season, and careless cooking is usually the cause of these fires.
“We do this not to celebrate these fires,” said Walesh. “but to make people aware and educate them on fire safety.”
She offers plenty of safety tips, including
- Make sure you have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Stay in the kitchen while cooking
- Use turkey fryers outdoors; never use them on a wooden deck or in a garage.
- Keen holiday décor and other flammable items at least three feet away from an open flame and other heat sources.
- Replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords or loose bulb connections.
- Water real Christmas trees daily
The fire department says it is their mission to keep these wreaths lit with all green lights this season.
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