On April 5, 2010, changes in the state’s smoke alarm regulations take effect upon the sale or transfer of existing one- and two-family homes.
Enforcement of the new regulations will take place when a home is sold or transferred. Homeowners selling their homes after April 5, 2010 will have to meet these new requirements.
The required smoke and carbon monoxide alarms depend on when a home was built or altered.
Real estate agents have been informed of these new requirements. If you are selling your home and you have questions about the regulations, please contact the Fire Department well in advance of your closing date so we can help you.
OPEN BURNING
Open brush burning season has ended for this year.
Lt. Bill Grozier and Firefighter/EMT Sam Blakeslee completed their firefighter training at the Barnstable Fire and Rescue Training Academy last month, and graduated from the Academy in a ceremony on January 9. They are now trained and qualified to a national standard as Firefighter I & II....
The Wellfleet Fire Department has a chart which may help you decide whether an illness is a common cold, seasonal flu or H1N1 flu. You should follow the recommendation of your doctor to treat any ilness, but this chart may help you distinguish between the symptoms of these three ilnesses.
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Wellfleet Fire Department
Eastham Fire Department
Joint investigation
Wellfleet Flea Market
August 12, 2009
Dangerous Electrical Cords and Power Strips
• Eastham Fire Department learned of an individual who purchased an electrica...
Kidde has issued a recall for Model PI2000 Dual Sensor Smoke Alarms.
Click here to link to Kidde's web site for information on which models are subject to the recall.
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