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February 28, 2006

Free smoke detectors available for qualified Providence residents

PROVIDENCE -- The city Fire Department will use funding from a federal grant to install smoke detectors in nearly 5,000 homes, Mayor David N. Cicilline announced today.

According to the mayor's office, residents interested in having a smoke detector installed in their homes must meet one of several criteria.

Mayor Cicilline said the Providence Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Bureau has established the Smoke Detector Hot Line for residents to call and request smoke detectors at (401) 243-6034.

The Fire Department received a $127,412 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to expand the department’s fire prevention outreach program and install the smoke detectors, according to Cicilline.

Read the mayor's press release.

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