Windsor Fire and Rescue Services and Meals on Wheels are teaming up to ensure residents with limited mobility have working smoke alarms and a home escape plan. 

Fire Prevention Week runs from October 9-15. In anticipation of the annual awareness campaign, Windsor Fire will, for the eleventh year, partner with the Victorian Order of Nurses’ Meals on Wheels program for a safety blitz of the program’s local clients.

Prevention personnel and firefighting crews will be following Meals on Wheels volunteers door to door while they deliver meals to clients.

They will be checking to ensure that each resident has the required number of smoke alarms and that the alarms are in working order.

To support the theme of Fire Prevention Week this year, “Don’t Wait – Check the Date!  Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years,” educational material about smoke alarms and home escape planning will also be distributed.