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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font color="#000000" face="Courier New,sans-serif" size="4">This demonstrates the importance of working smoke and carbon dioxide detectors in your home!</font><BR><font color="#000000" face="Courier New,sans-serif" size="4"> <br id="FontBreak"></font><br><br><strong><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt;">Steve Lamphier</font></strong> <br><br> <BR><div><div class="ecxWordSection1">
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<p align="center" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'>College Park Home Fire - Occupants Narrowly Escape</span></u></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>MEDIA CONTACT: Mark E. Brady, Chief Spokesperson, 240-508-7930</span></i></b><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p>
<p align="center" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><a href="mailto:mebrady@co.pg.md.us">mebrady@co.pg.md.us</a> @PGFDPIO</span></i></b><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Occupants of a College Park home are fortunate to have escaped their burning home early this morning. Just before 2:00 am, Monday, July 18, 2016, a fire
of undetermined nature occurred in a home in the 7500 block of Edmonston Road. The home occupants, an adult and a child, were not provided an early warning from a working smoke alarm and had to rush out through the heat and smoke. The adult was treated
for smoke inhalation on the scene but refused transport to a hospital. The American Red Cross of the National Capital Region assisted the displaced residents.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Firefighters from the Berwyn Heights Fire/EMS Station were the first to arrive and advised of smoke showing from the front. A fire was quickly found
and extinguished in the front living area of the home. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fire loss is estimated at $20,000.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Having a working smoke alarm can be the difference between surviving or dying in a home fire. Having a working smoke alarm increases your chances of
survival by 50%. Combine a working smoke alarm with a planned and practiced home escape increases your chances even more.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It’s a law we can live. County Law currently calls for a smoke alarm on every level of your home, primarily just outside of sleeping areas. If you have
a fireplace, natural gas service and/or an attached garage, you must also have a working carbon monoxide (CO) alarm as well. The law will also soon take effect that will require all alarms to be a 10-year, tamper proof, alarm available at all home improvement
stores. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The Fire/EMS Department recommends that you sleep with your door closed and a working smoke alarm installed in each bedroom.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department has a smoke alarm program that allows homeowners that cannot afford to purchase
their own to call and request a smoke alarm to be installed in their home by a firefighter, free of charge. Simply call 311 and ask about our free smoke alarm program.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Mark E. Brady</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Chief Spokesperson/PIO</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">9201 Basil Court #452</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Largo, MD 20774</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">C 240-508-7930</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">O 301-883-7154</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Twitter @PGFDPIO</p>
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