DLEG Bureau of Fire
Services Teams Up with Detroit Red Wings to Distribute Smoke Detectors to Low
Income Metro Detroit Families
January
15, 2008 – The
Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth Bureau of Fire Services is
teaming up with the Detroit Red Wings to get life-saving smoke detectors in the
homes of low income families in metro Detroit.
On January 9th,
Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg distributed more than 2,000 smoke detectors
to the State Fire Marshal; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and
Explosives (ATF); and local fire departments at Joe Louis Arena. Zetterberg,
who serves as the Red Wings' spokesman for the team's annual smoke detector
collection, generously matched the total number of detectors collected at Red
Wings game earlier this season with a personal donation.
The State
Fire Marshal received 280 Kidde Smoke Detectors with batteries for
distribution.
“Thanks to
the generosity of the Detroit Red Wings and their loyal fans, we will be able
to get these smoke detectors to southeast Michigan fire departments for
installation into the homes of people who need it most,” said State Fire
Marshal Andrew Neumann. “It’s sad to hear of any Michigan family who does not
have a smoke detector in their home, particularly because they can’t afford
it. Anyone who donated to this Red Wing program, including Henrik Zetterberg,
deserves a very big thank you for helping to save the lives of their fellow
Michiganians.”
Any fire
department that is a member of the Oakland County Fire Prevention
Society, Metro Detroit Fire Inspectors or Macomb County Fire Prevention
Society and has an active program within their department for installation of
the detectors within their community, can request a donation in writing to
DLEG’s Bureau of Fire Services, Farmington Regional Office, Attn: Region
Supervisor, Mick Dingman, 24155 Drake Rd, Farmington MI, 48335. The
detectors will be distributed to these fire departments on a first come, first
served basis.
Michigan Department
of Labor & Economic Growth, P.O. Box 30004, Ottawa Bldg 4th
Floor., Lansing, MI 48909
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