Monroe Public Safety Director Keith Glass and member of the Monroe Fire Department were on hand at the Home Depot in Monroe Saturday to receive a very important shipment – a donation of 250 high quality smoke detectors.
Monroe Public Safety Director and members of the Monroe Fire Department were on hand to receive a donation of 250 high quality smoke detectors from the Home Depot on Dec. 5, 2015. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
“We won these from the Kiddie Corp for having the highest sales of these in the south east region of the U.S. this year and we are donating them to the Monroe Fire Department,” said Pat Dixon with Home Depot.
Monroe Public Safety Director Keith Glass thanks Pat Mixon of Home Depot for the donation of 250 smoke detectors to give out to local residents. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
Lt. Bill Owens with MFD said this donation came at just the right time.
“We were also donated smoke detectors last year and we successfully gave them all out, with the last ones going out last month,” Owens said.
Capt. Jack Armstrong with MFD said they keep some on the fire trucks and if they find a home doesn’t have any when they respond to any emergency, they will give the resident one.
“And if anyone doesn’t have a smoke detector and wants one, they can come down to the fire station and pick one up,” Armstrong said.
Capt. Jack Armstrong with Monroe Fire Department loads up the 250 smoke detectors that were donated to MFD by Home Depot. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
The batteries that were donated by Home Depot and the Kiddie Corp have 10-year batteries. While loading up the smoke detectors to take back to the fire station, shoppers took advantage of letting their children take a look at the fire truck.
Lt. Bill Owens of Monroe Fire Department shows some little Home Depot shoppers the inside of the fire truck. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
Monroe Public Safety Director Keith Glass meets with some Home Depot shoppers while receiving a donation of smoke detectors from the store. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
Monroe Public Safety Director Keith Glass meets with some Home Depot Shoppers while receiving a donation of smoke detectors from the store. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
Monroe Public Safety Director Keith Glass meets with some Home Depot shoppers while receiving a donation of smoke detectors from the store. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel