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Fire Education Public Programs

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The Altoona Fire Department strives to provide high quality public education to the citizens of Altoona. The risk of fire related incidents is a constant threat to the safety and well-being of our citizens. The Altoona Fire Department believes that public education plays an important role in the mitigation of this risk. Through our public education programs, we provide several services that assist the citizens of Altoona in becoming better informed on fire safety related issues.

These services are as follows:

Fire station tours
School fire safety programming
Fire extinguisher training
Supervised fire drills
Supervised disaster drills
Smoke detector installation
In home fire safety programming
Emergency action plan review

If you are interested in any of these programs, please contact Altoona Fire Department administration at 814-949-2230.