Crime & Safety
No Fire Deaths in 2011, Marion Fire Department Receives Award
The Marion Fire Department recently received the Life Safety Achievement Award designation due to hours of training and a low fire death rate.
The Marion Fire Department has been presented with the 2011Â Life Safety Achievement Award for their hours of "fire prevention activities" and low death rate.
"It is humbling to know that our continuing efforts in fire prevention and community safety have been recognized," said Fire Marshall Jason Hansen in a City of Marion release.Â
No fire deaths were recorded in Marion during 2011, while officers also logged a combined total of 1,600 hours of fire prevention activities, which include public education events that reached approximately 18 percent of Marion residents last year.Â
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Cedar Rapids officials announced they received the same designation earlier in September.Â
The award is from the National Association of State Fire Marshals, the Fire Research and Education Foundation and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance company.
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We've included the criteria necessary to win the award from National Association of State Firemarshals' website:
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Zero fire deaths or at least a 10% reduction in fire deaths from the previous year.
An active fire prevention program in place within your department. Briefly describe your
Dedicated commitment to fire prevention activities. Briefly describe your department's
Evidence by some measure (department-determined) that your fire prevention efforts increased
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