4th annual fire safety event offers emergency tips, info

<p>A fire safety event in the Bronx has expanded to also prepare families for just about any possible emergency.</p>

News 12 Staff

Oct 7, 2018, 5:22 PM

Updated 2,215 days ago

Share:

A fire safety event in the Bronx has expanded to also prepare families for just about any possible emergency.
The Riverdale Jewish Center partnered with some local parents to host the fourth annual Health and Safety Awareness Day.
The event was created after a deadly Brooklyn fire killed seven children in March of 2015.
Organizers vowed to prevent a tragedy like that from ever happening again by hosting the event.
Firefighters used Sunday's event to explain the importance of smoke detectors. Officials have said that there were no working detectors in the home when it went up in flames.
Over the years, co-organizers Aaryn Rubin and the Riverdale Jewish Center have grown the event to include the NYPD, Poison Control Center, a care safety table, ambulance and state troopers.
"We always stress anytime there's a fire in your apartment and you leave, close the door -- and the obvious, working smoke detectors," says Lt. Joseph Delligatti.
State troopers were also on hand this year.
One of the co-creators, Rubin, now lives in Ohio but comes back every year to make sure this event grows.
She says she wants to add "confidence building" classes for the children next.