Kitchen Fire Safety Event

LADDERSTO THE WINDOWS ON THAT SIDE AND ASSISTED THOSE FIREFIGHTERS OUT. ONE RESIDENT WAS TAKEN TO WISHARD FOR EVALUATION. NO WORD ON THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. WE'RE HELPING RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE MOST COMMON FIRE IN HOOSIER HOMES. AN I-TEAM 8 SHOW FIRES START IN THE KITCHEN AND CAUSE LIVES. TROY KEHOE IS LIVE AT NORTH MERIDIAN HARDWARE AT 1433 NORTH MERIDIAN WHERE TODAY'S EVENT KICKED OFF JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO. GOOD MORNING, TROY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, ERIN. WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME CROWDS CYCLING THROUGH HERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LOTS GOING ON. WE HAVE GIVE-AWAYS, OUR PRIZE WHEEL IS SPINNING, JULIAN GRACE AND SCOTT SANDER ARE GREETING AND MEETING FOLKS. WE HAVE SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS GIVING AWAY SMOKE DETECTORS AND FIRE TIPS. YOU SEE U SAW DAMAGE THAT CAN BE CAUSED SO QUICKLY. SHELBY SAWCHUK WHICH HAS SEEN THE DAMAGE THESE CAN CAUSE FIRSTHAND. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSE YOU GUYS HAVE, CRITICAL TO CALL QUICKLY AFTER THIS HAPPENS, RIGHT, TIME IS A FACTOR. IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO GET A RESTORATION COMPANY OUT WHEN THE FIRE TRUCKS LEAVE THE HOME. THE REASON WE SAY THAT IS BECAUSE A FIRE ISN'T JUST A FIRE, IT'S SMOKE DAMAGE AND POTENTIALLY MOLD DAMAGE WITHIN 72 HOURS. YOU SEE THE WORST OF THE WORST, YOU MEET PEOPLE ON THE WORST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING, PRETTY CRITICAL SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET SOMEONE LIKE YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, PROMOTING THE FACT WE HAVE FIRE STOPPERS, WE HAVE FIRE SAFETY TIPS AND IDEAS WITH OTHER VENDORS HERE AND IT'S PREVENT TIFF AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAY OVER AND OVER, IT'S JUST KIND OF AN IDIOT CLAUSE FOR INSURANCE. WE WOULD LOVE PEOPLE TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS AND CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THINGS THEY'RE PUTTING IN FRONT OF SPACE HEATERS AND IN FRONT OF A FURNACE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SHELBY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OF COURSE. WANT TO BRING SOMEBODY ELSE SOMEONE WHO SEES THINGS ON THE OTHER END A MAJOR FROM THE SALVATION ARMY. YOU HELP PEOPLE AFTER THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING TOUGH. ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS DISASTER HITS WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT GO IN PLACE. THE HELP WE GIVE THE RESPONDERS, THE FIREMEN, POLICE, FOOD, HYDRATION, WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES CANTEEN SERVING HOT CHOCOLATE, THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER WITH FOOD, SHELTER AND THEN LONG-TERM RECOVERY. TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE WOULD BE A GREAT FIRST STEP, DON'T YOU THINK, FOR HOMEOWNERS TO BE AWARE AND TAKE AS MANY STEPS AS POSSIBLE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY THIS IS A GREAT EVENT. WE'VE HEARD YOUR NAME AN AWFUL LOT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO WITH HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF. WHAT CAN FOLKS AT HOME DO TO HELP YOU? THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS. IF THEY REALLY FEEL OBLIGATED AND CONVICTED TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER THEY CAN CERTAINLY TEXT A STORM TO 80888 TO MAKE A DONATION. YOU CAN LOG ON TO SALVATIONINDIANA.ORG. THERE'S OTHER DISASTERS THAT HAPPEN RIGHT HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE NEED HELP LOCALLY WITH ALSO AND THAT'S COMING UP IN OUR CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HUNGRY WHO ARE WITHOUT SHELTER THAT MAY NOT BE BECAUSE OF A TRAGIC EVENT LIKE A FIRE BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH YOU FOR THAT WISH TRUE IN A COUPLE WEEKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL HAVE FOLKS ALL DAY LONG, RUNNING UNTIL 1:00 P.M. AT NORTH MERIDIAN HARDWARE, 1433 NORTH MERIDIAN. BRING THE KIDS OUT. LOTS OF FUN TO BE HAD AS WELL: IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR WE'LL BE OUTSIDE AS WELL SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE