Remembering When

Remembering When

 

The Midwest City Fire Department would like to offer older adults in our community education on falls and fire prevention.  Remembering When and is a program intended to teach seniors the importance of practicing falls and fire prevention.  The program lasts approximately 45-minutes to 1 hour and is highly informative and entertaining.

 

We, the Midwest City Fire Department, are as concerned as you are about the safety of our older community.  This is why we take steps to prevent injury or death through education.

 

Please contact the Midwest City Fire Department Public Education Office at 739-1356 or 739-1353 or e-mail at npowell@midwestcityok.org

Facts about older adults

Remembering When: A Fire and Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults, was developed by NFPA' Center for High-Risk Outreach and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help older adults live safely at home for as long as possible.

Fact: At age 65, older adults are twice as likely to be killed or injured by fires or falls compared to the population at large.

Fact: Thirty percent of people age 65 and older are involved in falls each year, the leading cause of death from unintentional injury in the home.

Fact: In the U.S. and Canada, adults age 65 and older make up about 12 percent of the population – and their numbers are increasing.

Remembering When is centered around 16 key safety messages – eight fire prevention and eight fall prevention – developed by experts and practitioners from national and local safety organizations as well as through focus group testing in high-fire-risk states.