Children's Fire Muster
This event is usually held in the summer at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana in late July. Children should be prepared to get wet. Activities include participating in a water-ball contest, hosing a simulated fire, and sliding down a fire pole. Children will receive a participation ribbon. This event is a great opportunity to come out and meet your local firefighters, and fire equipment will be on display.
Home Fire Life Safety
This event involves fire companies going door to door to check smoke detectors and offer free detectors or batteries for those that need them.
Safety Fair at the Square
The fair includes a week of activities and plays at Lincoln Square Mall.
Fire Prevention Week
The event includes a week of activities and plays at Lincoln Square Mall.
Community Nights
These nights are a partnership with the Urbana Park District. The park district hosts a concert in every park in the City. The neighborhood fire engine company brings fire safety information and talks to their neighbors. Residents in the neighborhood can get to know the people protecting them.
The Prevention and Education Division will do the following activities on request:
- Fire safety consulting
- Fire extinguisher training
- Using the Smoke House to teach children how to escape a fire
- Fire prevention classes
- Fire station tours
- Teaching children what to do in the event of a tornado with the use of a weather simulator