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aged to turn the gas off to her stove. Carter says, “She’s very lucky that she didn’t go unconscious from smoke inhalation. There was a lot of smoke in the house.”
Smoke detectors
save lives
“Carbon monoxide can put you in a coma. It’s odorless, colorless and can build up in your system. Most people die in house fires from carbon monoxide poisoning. A lot of them never wake up. We’ve had three fire fatalities over the last ten years. Most died while sleeping.”
“Smoke detectors were not installed in those homes. We give away free smoke detectors to anyone who can’t afford them. We’ll come to their home and install them as well. Usually smoke detectors should be replaced when they are ten years old. It’s an electronic device and when they get old, they don’t work as well.”
Carter says, “We take fire very lightly as opposed to European or Asian cultures where fires are punishable by imprisonment. There is a lax attitude in this county. A fire really doesn’t affect anybody but you. In more crowded areas, such as Washington, Va., the fire could affect surrounding people. You should be checking your smoke detector monthly and keep debris away from your furnace. Make sure you have an extinguisher handy for small fires in a kitchen.”
No fire hydrants
Because of the lack of fire hydrants in the county, dry hydrants are oftentimes installed where a pond or water supply exist. If anyone has a water supply that can be tapped into and they would like to offer this resource, the fire department will come out and put a hydrant in free of charge. This effort is part of the Dry Hydrant Grant Program. To be a donator, please call your local fire department. The goal of the fire departments is to have a dry hydrant every two miles in the county, to help cut down on
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