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Testimony before the House Science Committee on
H.R. 1118
THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER) FIREFIGHTERS ACT
JUNE 4, 2003
by
Chief Jeff Cash

 

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The Cherryville Fire Department was awarded a Fire Act Grant award during 2001. This allowed our department to
purchase a fire safety house along with audio visual equipment to teach citizens about fire safety. The Cherryville Fire Department previously did not have a fire prevention program. 

After completion of the grant award and ordering our equipment, a fire prevention program was quickly developed. The excitement grew, as did the overwhelming response to use our equipment in our city and surrounding counties.  

Due to the Fire Act Grant of 2001 we have presently taught fire safety to 3116 children and adults throughout the City of Cherryville, Gaston County, Lincoln County and Cleveland County by using the fire safety house. This allowed a realistic approach and better understanding to the serious nature of fire safety.

The audio visual equipment allowed a wide range of options for teaching remote fire safety to large groups when the fire safety house was not available or appropriate for the audience. We have presently logged 635 adults that have attended our mobile fire safety seminars offered by our Fire Chief, Jeff Cash.

The Cherryville Fire Department recently won a 2002 Fire Act Grant for $92,000.00 to purchase a brush truck. We plan to use this piece of apparatus to pull our fire safety house and run medical calls between 8:00am - 5:00pm. We will post pictures as soon as possible.