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The Chicago Fire department will install 200 smoke detectors designed for deaf or hard of hearing residents as part of a more than $124,000 FEMA grant that will provide 4,200 smoke detectors to city dwellers.
A $124,228 increase to a Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) allows the city’s fire department to purchase 4,200 smoke detectors, according to a release from Chicago Fire dept.
Four thousand of the smoke detectors will be installed in the homes of senior citizens and people who reside in neighborhoods with an elevated rate of fire deaths, the release said. Two hundred of the smoke detectors will be installed in homes of deaf or hard of hearing people.
Four fire safety education sessions, including at least one designed for children, that address the deaf and hard of hearing community, the release said.
The grant covers the cost of the 4,200 smoke detectors, installation supplies, sign-language detectors and real-time captioning service for the education sessions and materials, the release said. The federal government will provide 80 percent of the funds for the project and the city will pay the balance.
All smoke detectors installed contain a 10-year tamper resistant lithium battery.
This project builds on a previous Fire Prevention and Safety Grant that provided funds to install 16,000 smoke detectors in the homes of senior citizens and people who live in neighborhoods with an elevated rate of fire deaths that was completed in March.
The Chicago Fire department will install 200 smoke detectors designed for deaf or hard of hearing residents as part of a more than $124,000 FEMA grant that will provide 4,200 smoke detectors to city dwellers.
A $124,228 increase to a Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) allows the city’s fire department to purchase 4,200 smoke detectors, according to a release from Chicago Fire dept.
Four thousand of the smoke detectors will be installed in the homes of senior citizens and people who reside in neighborhoods with an elevated rate of fire deaths, the release said. Two hundred of the smoke detectors will be installed in homes of deaf or hard of hearing people.
Four fire safety education sessions, including at least one designed for children, that address the deaf and hard of hearing community, the release said.
The grant covers the cost of the 4,200 smoke detectors, installation supplies, sign-language detectors and real-time captioning service for the education sessions and materials, the release said. The federal government will provide 80 percent of the funds for the project and the city will pay the balance.
All smoke detectors installed contain a 10-year tamper resistant lithium battery.
This project builds on a previous Fire Prevention and Safety Grant that provided funds to install 16,000 smoke detectors in the homes of senior citizens and people who live in neighborhoods with an elevated rate of fire deaths that was completed in March.