County Fire and EMS Teams Up with Lowe's to Promote Fire Safety

The Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department (PGFD/EMS) partnered with the Lowe’s store in Largo, MD, to promote safety for local homeowners last week.

The county department emphasized checking smoke alarms and and other fire safety and injury prevention material. Lowe's provided reflective mail box numbers, which help first responders identify homes as well as smoke alarms.

Sixteen Fire/EMS Department personnel and Lowe's employees went door-to-door on Kettering Drive in Largo on Oct. 17, providing this potentially life saving information to the community. 

Fire Lieutenant Eric Hurt from the Department’s Facilities and Resource Planning office coordinated today’s event with Lowe’s. “We are appreciative of our partnership with Lowe’s in providing the resources and staff to help us keep Safety First," he said.

Staff from Lowe’s of Largo included:

• Jonathan Stern, Human Resources Manager  
• Ted Sligh, Assistant Store Manager
• Kwessi Annor, Department Manager  
• Aaron Allen, Customer Service Associate
• Isaac Holdbrook, Customer Service Associate
• Earlene Mayo, Customer Service Associate
• Shonta Holmes, Customer Service Associate

In addition to Fire Lieutenant Eric Hurt the following Fire/EMS Department personnel participated in the door-to-door campaign:

• Tommy (TJ) James, 1st Battalion Chief
• Gus Yates, Acting Fire Captain, Largo/Kettering Fire/EMS Station 846 
• Josh Reedy, Firefighter/Medic Lieutenant, Station 846 
• Jameson Scarlata, Fire Technician, Technical Services
• Mathew Kershaw, Firefighter/Medic, Station 846  
• Damien Reid, Firefighter/Medic, Station 846   
• Andrew Mika, Firefighter/Medic, Station 846  
• Robert Herbert, Firefighter/Medic, Station 846   

Prince George's County citizens and residents may request a smoke alarm installed in their home, free of charge, by contacting the Safety First Smoke Alarm number at 301-864-SAFE (7233) or filling out an application online.

On Sunday, Nov. 6, Daylight Savings Time will end and firefighters will be reminding citizens and residents that when they move their clocks back one hour, it's a good time to replace the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.