CENTRE WELLINGTON – Enbridge Gas and Centre Wellington Fire Rescue are working together to improve home safety and bring fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero.
Centre Wellington Fire Rescue received 240 combination smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms through Project Zero – a public education campaign that will provide 7,500 alarms to residents in 35 municipalities across Ontario.
“Centre Wellington Fire Rescue is very pleased to be receiving these alarms from our friends at Enbridge Gas,” said Centre Wellington deputy fire chief Tom Mulvey.
“Working smoke and CO alarms save lives, and give people the warning they need to get to safety quickly in the event of an emergency.
“Households in Centre Wellington will be directly affected by this program, and that is just fantastic.”
This year, Enbridge Gas invested $225,000 in Project Zero, and over the past 12 years, the program has provided more than 50,000 alarms to Ontario fire departments.
“The objective of Project Zero is to deliver combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to Ontario communities who need them the most,” said Jon Pegg, Ontario Fire Marshal.
“It’s a program that fire departments can adopt to help educate their communities about the requirement for all Ontario homes to have a CO alarm if they have a fuel-burning appliance or an attached garage.”
When properly installed and maintained, combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms help provide the early warning to safely escape from a house fire or carbon monoxide exposure.
Carbon monoxide is a toxic, odourless gas that is a by-product of incomplete combustion of many types of common fuels.
“Carbon monoxide is known as the ‘silent killer’ for a reason, and we have proof that prevention saves lives,” said Murray Costello, director, Southeast Region Operations, Enbridge Gas.
“We know that the best way to avoid carbon monoxide exposure is to eliminate it at the source by properly maintaining fuel-burning equipment, and that the alarms are a critical second line of defense to protect against carbon monoxide poisoning.”
