{"id":50219,"date":"2014-04-02T03:36:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=50219"},"modified":"2014-04-02T03:36:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:36:14","slug":"state-donates-to-smoke-detector-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/04\/02\/state-donates-to-smoke-detector-project\/","title":{"rendered":"State donates to smoke detector project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submitted information<\/i><\/p>\n

Ohio State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers announced his support for the Van Wert County fire chiefs\u2019 \u201cNo Child Sleeps Unprotected\u201d smoke detector fund drive. The goal is to purchase over 4,000 smoke detectors, one for every child in Van Wert County in grades kindergarten through 12th grade.<\/p>\n

Marshal Flowers dispatched Prevention Bureau Assistant Chief Richard Palmer to present to the local fire chiefs his support for the program: 84 smoke detectors with 10-year batteries.<\/p>\n

The fire chiefs seek to raise $60,000 before the 2014 Fire Prevention Week in October. Tax-deductible donations can be sent directly to The Van Wert County Foundation, c\/o County Smoke Detector Fund, at 138 E. Main St. in Van Wert, or to any Van Wert County fire department, which will deposit the funds.<\/p>\n

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Chief Richard Palmer is seen presenting one of the detectors to Middle Point Fire Chief Craig King.
Also shown are (from the left) Van Wert Fire Chief Jim Steele, Willshire Fire Chief D\u2019wight Sheets, Wren Fire Chief Jackie Brandt and Convoy Fire Chief Gary Kreischer. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted information Ohio State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers announced his support for the Van Wert County fire chiefs\u2019 \u201cNo Child Sleeps Unprotected\u201d smoke detector fund drive. The goal is to purchase over 4,000 smoke detectors, one for every child in Van Wert County in grades kindergarten through 12th grade. Marshal Flowers dispatched Prevention Bureau Assistant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 20:02:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}