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Our 2010 El Cajon Fire “Safety & Career Expo” Is October 9th!

mzech — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:17:12 +0000

Plans are already underway for our next El Cajon Fire “Safety & Career Expo!”

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Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010

Location: 100 E. Lexington Avenue, El Cajon, California 92020

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Event Highlights Planned To Date:

*Firefighters from Heartland Fire & Rescue from the City of El Cajon will be here!

*Officers from the El Cajon Police Department, including their SWAT Team will be here!

*The Kiwanis of East San Diego County will again be providing “free” safety helmets for children – while supplies last.

*The California Highway Patrol is back with safety car seat information and other valuable safe driving information.

KID’s Safety Zone:

*K-C The Safety Robot from Operation Pride is back from the U.S. Border Patrol!

*Fire Safety Inflatable House – Learn the importance smoke alarms and of having a home escape plans.

Exhibits:

*See fire & police emergency vehicles!

*City of El Cajon Stormwater Exhibit

*City of El Cajon Recreation Department

*Burn Institute - Burn prevention information

See our Disaster Preparedness section:

*Office of Emergency Service – register for the reserve 9-1-1 system

*American Red Cross – Disaster Preparedness Information

*East County CERT – Community Emergency Response Team

*The El Cajon Amateur Radio Club

For Seniors:

*Aging & Independent Services

Career Section:

*Learn what it takes to become a firefighter or police officer!

*Learn more about our Firefighter Reserve program!

*If you provide valuable safety or health information, or would like to be a contributing sponsor or food sponsor - and would like to be a part of our Fire Expo – please contact event coordinator Monica Zech at (619) 441-1737 or email mzech@ci.el-cajon.ca.us or monicazech@cox.net.

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A Look At Our Fire Expo In 2009

mzech — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:43:05 +0000

Our last Fire Department Expo, October 10th, 2009 was another huge success! See you at our next Expo on October 9, 2010!

Thank you to our title sponosr

“Mission Federal Credit Union”

they are dedicated to education in the community. Fire Safety a key concern and their sponsorship supports their long standing support in the San Diego Community. At their booth they handed out red plastic fire hat for kids and provided fire badges!

Visitors saw a variety of booths from fire prevention to disaster preparedness, careers in the fire service to law enforcement, a safety kids zone, even senior resources, there’s something for everyone at our free family event. Join us next year October 9th, 2010!

Thank you to our three special celebrities – actress “Samantha Droke” – who starred with Selena Gomez in the Disney movie, “Princess Protection Program” – she is now one of the stars in the new TV show ”Eastwick,” and actor “Allen Evangelista” from the ABC show “Secret Life Of The American Teenager.”

Brandon Smith, Samantha Droker, Allen Evangelista, and Sam Sparrow

“Thank you to another special guest – Captain Jack Sparrow - a special tribute artist. www.thelastrealpirate.com

*We also saw a performance by the City of El Cajon Recreation Department’s “TNT Performing Company!” Thank you!

At our special noon ceremony we heard the amazing singing talents of 13 year-old Francis Florendo singing the National Anthem. We took the opportunity to thank residents of El Cajon for their ongoing support of our City Services – and thank community sponosrs!

Our annual event celebrates Fire Prevention Week and the 2009 theme is “It’s Fire Prevention Week – Stay Fire Smart! Don’t Get Burned!” This runs from October 4th through the 10th – but of course “fire safety” is year-round!

To learn more about fire & burn prevention – click here: Fire Prevention Week & Draw a home escape plan!

Thank you to WALMART for being our official sponsor for our Fire Poster Contest for 3rd grade students in the City of El Cajon School District. They’re providing the prizes for our contest. And thank you to Sea World for donating passes for our three winners. We greatly appeciate your ongoing support!

“Thank You” to our community sponsors of our Expo:

CBC Technical - providing our sound.
East County Gazette Newspaper
Granite Hills High School – display tables
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
Pat & Oscar’s - meals for volunteers
Hometown Buffet – dessert for volunteers
Smart & Final
Subway
Quizno’s on West Main Street
Boston Market
Waste Management
East County Herald

Thank you to our returning participants:

Outside Fire Station:

ATV Safety Group
Boston Market – food samples
Boy Scouts of America
California Highway Patrol
East County Gazette Newspaper – Official media sponsor
East County Herald Newspaper
El Cajon Amateur Radio Club
El Cajon Fire Safety Inflatable House
Farmer’s Insurance – Child I.D.’s
Heartland Lions Club – Child I.D.’s
Home Depot of El Cajon is back with their Kid’s Safety Workshop, along with their FREE cotton candy and popcorn.
Kiwanis (East San Diego County) – selling hot dogs
Meet Miss El Cajon, Miss Teen El Cajon, Mother Goose, Miss Mother Goose Queen, Smokey the Bear, and Calahan the Firefighter!
Mission Federal Credit Union – giving away plastic red fire hats
MOTO WORLD of El Cajon
Racers Against Drunk Driving
Rapid Tatts – Airbrush face painting
San Diego County Sheriff’s Department – Off Road Safety and their Reserve Program

Inside Fire Station:

Alzheimers Association
American Cancer Society – “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer”
Burn Institute – fire prevention materials
CASA-Communities Against Substance Abuse
Cover Your Assets - Inventory Software and Service
Dr. Eric Wise – Health Screenings
East County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
East County Family Justice Center – Domestic and Violence Prevention
East County Magazine – register for their fire alerts
El Cajon Community Development Corporation – CDC
El Cajon Public Works – Storm Water
El Cajon Recreation Department
Emergency Animal Rescue
Freeman’s Construction, Inc. – rebuilding after fires
Helix Water District – water saving tips
Kiwanis (East San Diego County) – Free Safety Helmet give-away! While supplies last! Last year we gave away 412 safety helmets.
La Mesa Driving School – driving safety
MADD (Mother’s Against Driving Drunk) – www.maddsandiego.org
Rady’s Children’s Hospital – Safe Kids
San Diego County Library – El Cajon Branch
San Diego County Office of Emergency Services – provided disaster preparedness information and you will be able to sign up for the Reverse 9-1-1 System!
San Diego Gas and Electric – safety information
San Diego Off Road Coalition
Sharp on Survival – “Think First”
T.I.P. (Trauma Intervention Program)
U.S. Coast Guard – “Coasty”

For Seniors (inside Fire Station)

AARP
Aging & Independent Services
El Cajon Police RSVP’s – Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol
Heritage Senior Care, Inc.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital Senior Resource Center

In Our Career Section (Ronald Reagan Community Center)

Burn Institute – provided two presentations at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on fire safety.
Cuyamaca Jr. College
El Cajon Fire Reserve Firefighter Program – What it takes to be a firefighter!
El Cajon Police Department – special operations (ie: Neighborhood Watch, Multi-Crime Free Housing, E-Alert, 9-1-1 for kids, etc.)
El Cajon Police RSVP’s (Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol)
El Cajon Public Safety Center Display
EMSTA Medical College – Learn about becoming a paramedic.
Grossmont Jr. College
Heartland Fire Dispatch – 9-1-1 Dispatcher job information
San Diego County Sheriff’s Department
Southwestern College
University of Phoenix

*A BIG thank you to those who helped me on the day of the event in setting things up and tearing it all down and the clean-up!

Thank you to El Cajon Fire Division Chief Rick Sitta, El Cajon Firefighters at Station 6 and 7, Engineer Marco Maldonado and our El Cajon Firefighter Reserves, Bonnie Larson, Wendy Filter, Dionne Rivera and her son Nathan, El Cajon Police PSO Samantha Hook, Officer Dan Hansen, El Cajon Police Cadets and RSVP’s, and our CERT volunteers!

*If you’d like to be a part of our next safety event on October 9th, 2010 - or be a supporting sponsor, please contact Monica Zech at (619) 441-1737.

Be safe & thank you!

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