The Chapel Hill, NC Fire Department participates each year in a safety campaign called Keep The Wreath Green as a visual reminder to the local community of the danger posed by Christmas trees and other holiday decorations if they are not properly installed and monitored.
The wreath hangs on the Chapel Hill fire station from the first day of December until the last and starts out decked with a large red bow and green lights. For every house fire during the month of December a green bulb is changed to a red one.
Today is Christmas Eve and fortunately there is but one red bulb on the wreath. Of course the goal is no red bulbs but this year cigarettes were the cause of a house fire in Chapel Hill which completely destroyed someone's home.
There are still eight days to go until the wreath comes down. Here's hoping our firefighters have a boring end of the year and get to spend their time with their own families and not witnessing the destruction of any more area homes.
Be Safe and Merry Christmas!
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Here is to hoping those firefighters have a boring end to the new year for sure ! Great post SarahGray in terms of featuring "Keep the Wreath Green" !
SarahGray, that's a great post, and a very creative idea for the Chapel Hill police department to illustrate the devastating effects of fire. Hope you have a wonderful 2010!