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Fire Department Educates Local Students

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From the Times-News/Frostburg Express last week.

Fire Department Educates Local Students

According to the National Fire Protection Administration (NFPA), Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire; the tragic 1871 conflagration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire began on October 8, but continued into and did most of its damage on October 9, 1871.

On the 40th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, the Fire Marshals Association of North America (today known as the International Fire Marshals Association), decided that the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire should henceforth be observed not with festivities, but in a way that would keep the public

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