The City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department will kick off Fire Prevention Week with two open houses. Visitors can tour Station 37 in Scripps Ranch on Saturday, Oct. 5 and Station 29 in San Ysidro on Sunday, Oct. 6. Everyone is invited to meet neighborhood firefighters, tour the stations and take photos. The first 300 visitors to Station 29 will receive a free smoke alarm. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation and the Burn Institute will also be on hand distributing important fire safety messages. Station 37’s open house will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Station 29’s open house will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. 

“Every year our firefighters look forward to meeting community members at our Fire Prevention Week events,” said Fire-Rescue Chief Robert Logan. “Our teams will share fire safety information and show off the apparatus and rescue tools they use.” 

This year’s theme is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” Fire Prevention Week has been a national observance since 1925 and is the longest-running public health observance in the U.S. It’s observed each year in early October in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which happened on Oct. 8, 1871.