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REGIONAL NEWSFamily and Children’sServices of Lanark,Leeds and Grenvilleto receive awardEMC News – Family and Children’sServices of Lanark, Leedsand Grenville will receive a FireSafety Award from the Fire Marshal’sPublic Fire Safety Council ata ceremony on June 12 in Toronto.The annual Fire Safety Awardsrecognize outstanding contributionsto fire protection and preventionin Ontario.Rob Wittkie, a former volunteerfirefighter, and his wife KittyWittkie, an employee of Familyand Children’s Services of Lanark,Leeds and Grenville, are well awareof the importance of fire safetyto the lives of children. So muchso that in 2009, they approachedthe Lanark County fire chiefswith some ideas about making thehomes of vulnerable children saferfrom fire.To enhance safety, Wittkie andher supervisor, Pat Finnagan, developedthe following strategy toensure client homes were being protectedby working smoke alarms.When a caseworker visited a home,he/she would check for workingsmoke alarms. If there were none,the caseworker would supply them.If any major fire safety issues werenoted, the fire department would becontacted to follow up. The idea receivedthe fire chiefs’ enthusiasticsupport, and the program was underway.Since the inception of this initiative,381 smoke alarms and 96batteries have been distributed toclients of Family and Children’sServices in Lanark County.In 2011, Rob was called to testifyat the inquest into the deathsof a mother and two children in aToronto house fire.The Crown Attorney’s officewas aware of the Lanark Countyprogram and felt that, since the firevictims had been under the care ofthe Children’s Aid Society, it wouldbe of interest to the jury.As a result of those inquest recommendations,a provincial programinvolving Children’s AidSocieties across Ontario has beenimplemented.“The Family and Children’sServices of Lanark, Leeds andGrenville has been instrumental ingetting important life-saving informationto those who are sometimeshard to reach,” said Ted Wieclawek,Ontario Fire Marshal and chair ofthe Fire Marshal’s Public Fire SafetyCouncil.“Thanks to Family and Children’sServices of Lanark, Leedsand Grenville, hundreds of familiesin Lanark County are now protectedby working smoke alarms.”The Fire Marshal’s Public FireSafety Council gratefully acknowledgesthe support of its sponsors inthis event: Technical Standards andSafety Authority, The Co-operatorsGroup, Kidde Canada Inc., HomeDepot of Canada Inc., Proctor &Gamble Inc., Electrical SafetyAuthority, CSA Group, EnbridgeGas Distribution Inc., Roxul Inc.and Underwriters’ Laboratories ofCanada.this week in REAL755 River Road,KemptvilleThis waterfront property on theHeritage Rideau River System nearBurritt’s Rapids has space for everyonein the family. 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