Fire Prevention Week has been around for more than a century. Creston Fire Chief Todd Jackson said the Creston Fire Department has been doing activities during fire prevention week since before he became fire chief 13 years ago.

In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation, and since that time, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday week in which Oct. 9 falls. This year, fire prevention week is this week, and the National Fire Protection Association's theme is "Have two ways out!"

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