Public Education Programs and Event Requests

Home Sweet Home is a home safety program open to all Brock residents, including both renters and homeowners. This voluntary program allows you to share important details about your home before an emergency happens—helping firefighters be better prepared to assist you. 

Examples of Important Information: 

• Residents who are bedridden or use oxygen (including storage locations).

• Gate or lockbox access codes.

• Information about residents with disabilities and how we can best assist them.

• Safety concerns (aggressive pets, violent residents, etc.).

• Home details (e.g., number of bedrooms/bathrooms, presence of a basement, type of heating—propane, gas, electric, etc.).

• Home floor plans. 
• Any other information you feel is important for us to know. 

Home Sweet Home Form

A Reading Program for Kids of all Ages!

This program is designed to inspire young readers while sparking their curiosity about fire safety and how it relates to their everyday lives. It’s perfect for young readers of all ages, with activities tailored to two different reading levels. Choose the program that best suits your child:

Junior Fire Safety (Reading level: Age 5+)

Fire Safety Smart Choices for Life (Reading level: Age 8+)

How to Participate:

Pick up a Bingo Card and Workbook from your local library.
Complete each task and mark off the corresponding bingo square.
Once you fill a row, bring your card back to the library to claim a prize from the treasure chest!
When you fill your entire Bingo card, return to the library to choose a prize and enter a ballot for the grand prize draw. This year’s grand prize is a Junior Firefighter experience where the winner will visit their local fire station and enjoy exciting activities with Brock Township firefighters!

BONUS: Earn an extra ballot for the grand prize draw for every square completed in the bonus section

Only working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms save lives! Most fatal fires occur at night when

people are sleeping. Working alarms will detect smoke or carbon monoxide and sound to alert you.
Your alarms require maintenance. Push the “test” button monthly, change the batteries when you change your clocks, and replace the entire unit by the expiration date or if it no longer functions.

Need help testing your alarm, changing batteries, or installing a new unit? Brock Township Fire
Department offers an alarm assistance program for those who are unable to do so on their own. This program runs on a honour system and there is no charge for this service. 

Request Assistance

Alarmed for Life is a program aimed to keep our community safe by ensuring all homes have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

Firefighters will go door-to-door to provide voluntary home inspections, free of charge. For homes found without adequate protection, Firefighters will install temporary alarms and provide guidance to the resident on selecting and purchasing the correct alarms for their home.

The program will be delivered in various locations throughout the Township of Brock. Residents who would like to request an appointment or have questions about smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are directed to contact Fire Prevention. 

Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Firefighters provide lifesaving public education in an effort to drastically decrease casualties caused by fires.

Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage. This horrific conflagration killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures, and burned more than 2,000 acres of land.

Visit our webpage for events happening within the Township of Brock.

• Keep your cooking space clean and free of anything that can burn;
• Don't store anything on the back of your stove;
• Reaching over hot burners and pots can cause burns;
• Roll up your sleeves or wear a short sleeved shirt;
• Keep pot lids close to the stove while you cook;
• If there is a small fire you can slide lid onto the pot or pan and turn off burners to put it out.

• Keep anything that can burn at least one metre away from furnaces, baseboard heaters, woodstoves and fireplaces;
• Make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms outside sleeping areas in your home;
• Get regular maintenance on your heating equipment from a qualified professional;
• Turn off portable heaters every time you leave the room and when you go to bed;
• Put ashes into a metal bucked far from combustible materials to cool down;
• It can take three days for ashes to cool completely;
• Maintain chimneys to make sure there are no blockages.

• Draw a floor plan of your home
• Mark all windows and doors
• Plan two ways out of every room, the primary escape should be the door and the secondary could be an alternate door or a window
• Make sure all windows and doors can be opened easily
• In a two-storey building, plan your escape through a window onto a roof or porch
• If you must use an escape ladder, be sure everyone knows how to use it. Children should practice with an adult
• Choose a meeting place for family members outside and mark it on the floor plan, a good meeting place would be a tree, a telephone pole or a neighbours house
• Make sure everyone understands the planned escape routes
• Practice your escape plan at least twice a year with everybody in your home
• Remember to practice with visitors and guests too

• Always stay in the room when candles are burning, put out the flame every time you leave the room or go to bed;
• In a power outage use battery powered lanterns or battery powered candles to reduce the risk of fire;
• Keep candles away from anything that can burn such as furniture or curtains;
• Keep candles away from pets;
• Keep candles in sturdy candle holders that won't tip or burn.

• Keep fire hydrants visible and accessible;
• Keep grass and vegetation away from fire hydrants;
• In winter make sure there is one metre of clear space around fire hydrants and clear paths to reach fire hydrants.

• Make sure cottages, boats with sleeping areas, trailers and recreational vehicles have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms;
• Follow the township fire works by-law and all manufacturer's directions when you use fireworks;
• Keep your barbecue clean and inspect hoses and burners, make any needed repairs and have it inspected by a licensed gas professional;
• Follow the burn by-law regulations when you have a fire.

• Ontario Fire Marshal's Office
• Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association
• National Fire Protection Association
• Sparky the Fire Dog
• Canadian Fire Safety Association
• Fire Facts.org
• Government of Canada, Safety Tips