2022 Regional Emergency Services Firetruck
FORT MCMURRAY — A Thickwood resident escaped safely from an early-morning kitchen fire after being alerted by a smoke alarm recently replaced through a Regional Emergency Services home safety program.
Firefighters were called to a duplex in the Thickwood area around 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 20.
Regional Emergency Services says unattended cooking caused fire damage in the kitchen and smoke damage throughout the home.
The homeowner was able to get out safely after being awakened by a smoke alarm.
Fire investigators later noted the home’s smoke alarms had been replaced in recent years through the Home Fire Safety Program.
The program, led by the Fire Prevention Branch, provides home safety assessments aimed at identifying potential fire risks.
It also provides free smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to homes that do not have them and replaces alarms that are outdated or no longer working.
“Every spring, our team knocks on local doors to offer residents these assessments,” Fire Marshal Nick Brenner said.
“We want people to be safe and live in safer homes – which means having working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.”
The program targets selected neighbourhoods each year.
In 2026, fire prevention staff visited more than 1,000 homes in the Cartier, Timber Heights and Bear Ridge neighbourhoods.
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