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Pasadena Fire Department personnel stand before a chalk drawing made at Fire Station 31 in support of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3, 2021, through Oct. 9, 2021. (Credit: Pasadena Fire Department)
Pasadena Fire Department personnel stand before a chalk drawing made at Fire Station 31 in support of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3, 2021, through Oct. 9, 2021. (Credit: Pasadena Fire Department)
A member of Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) reads a fire alarm poster for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Inspector Bethany Moss passes out hats to Girl Scout Troope 6651 (San Gabriel) at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Inspector Bethany Moss passes out hats to Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Captain Salim Haddad distributes fire safety information to Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) while Jenny (Administrative Assistant) and Fire Inspector Bethany Moss assist at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) create chalk art about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Firefighter Hernandez, Norah, and Mae-lee create chalk art about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Inspector Bethany Moss watches as Dana creates chalk art about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Firefighter Porraz and members of Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) create chalk art about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
A member of Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) looks at a fire alarm activity sheet from Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Captain Salim Haddad speaks to Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Captain Salim Haddad speaks to Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Dana shares her fire safety-themed chalk art for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Members of Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) show and tell their fire safety-themed chalk art for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Firefighter Hernandez shares his fire alarm chalk art with Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Department personnel (Fire Inspector Bethany Moss, Fire Captain Salim Haddad, Firefighter Otazu, Firefighter Kollee, Firefighter Hernandez) and Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) celebrate Fire Prevention Week at the station on October 5, 2021
Fire Department personnel (Fire Inspector Bethany Moss, Fire Captain Salim Haddad, Firefighter Otazu, Firefighter Kollee, Firefighter Hernandez) and Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) celebrate Fire Prevention Week at the station on October 5, 2021
Administrative Assistant Jenny, Fire Inspector Bethany Moss, and Fire Captain Salim Haddad with Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) for Fire Prevention Week at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Firefighter Otazu teaches Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) about First Aid at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Annabelle, Norah, and other members of Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) practice First Aid on Firefighter Kollee as Firefighter Otazu supervises at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
Fire Department personnel (Fire Inspector Bethany Moss, Firefighter Porraz, Firefighter Kollee, Administrative Assistant Jenny, Fire Captain Salim Haddad, Firefighter Otazu, Firefighter Hernandez) teach Girl Scout Troop 6651 (San Gabriel) First Aid at Fire Station 32 on October 5, 2021
The Pasadena Fire Department has embarked on a week of activities and events to mark Fire Prevention Week, including encouraging the community to join in through a chalk art contest.
The theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Week is “Learn the Sounds of Fire Danger,” Pasadena fire Inspector Bethany Moss said.
A key message fire officials hope to send is to remind residents to regularly test and check the batteries in their smoke alarms, and recognize the high-pitched chirps the devices make to warn that their batteries are running low, she said.
In addition to educational outreach with schoolchildren, each Pasadena Fire Station is equipped with baskets of chalk and fire safety education materials available for pickup, organizers said. And each has been adorned with large chalk art murals of their own, although many were washed away in Monday night’s rain.
Community residents are invited to pick up some chalk and create chalk art of their own, related to the theme of fire prevention and safety, Moss said.
Photos of the artwork can then be sent as messages to the Pasadena Fire Department’s Facebook page at facebook.com/PasadenaFD, along with the subject line “Chalk It Up,” through Friday.
Winners will be selected to receive yet-undisclosed prizes, Moss said.
A troupe of Girl Scouts from San Marino paid a visit to Fire Station 32 on Tuesday afternoon to learn about fire safety and work toward their first aid merit badges.
Moss and other female fire officials also took the opportunity to talk with the troupe about Fire Department careers.
The Pasadena Fire Department has previously marked Fire Prevention Week by hosting informational booths in the community, but Moss said the department wanted to try something a bit “more engaging” this year.
More information can be found on the Pasadena Fire Department’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/PasadenaFD.
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