PRESS RELEASE
The City of Pearland is a 2016 Bringing Safety Home Grant recipient. The grant is awarded by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), as a part of their nationwide Fire Sprinkler Initiative and will be used by our Community Risk Reduction Division of the Pearland Fire Department to help further public education through their sprinkler vs. flashover demonstration.
The Bringing Safety Home Grant is used throughout the country in order to help further the state’s efforts to advance the acceptance and use of home fire sprinklers and lead to increased sprinkler requirements in new, one- and two-family homes.
According to NFPA, the majority of U.S. fire deaths occur in homes. In 2014, home fires caused more than 2,700 deaths, or 84 percent of all U.S. fire deaths, and injured more than 12,000 people. The life-saving capability of home fire sprinklers is the reason why building codes require sprinklers in all one- and two-family dwellings.
For more information about the lifesaving advantages of fire sprinklers, visit pearlandtx.gov/firesprinklers.
In January, eight-year-old Pearland resident Alex Goodman was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. To help boost his spirits as he bravely fights the disease, friends of the Goodman family reached out to Pearland SWAT Officer Karl Fletcher and asked if he and members of the department’s SWAT team could visit Alex at Texas Children’s Hospital.
On Wednesday (Feb. 3), SWAT Team Members Officer Fletcher, Officer Daniel Herrera and Officer Trey DuRant visited Alex and presented him with a decommissioned tactical helmet affixed with one of the team’s patches. Also present were firemen from Houston Fire Department Station 18.
The City of Pearland held the Grand Opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Fire Station #3, located at 3207 Yost Rd, on Saturday (Jan. 9). City leaders, Fire and Police Department employees and members of the community came out to enjoy the food, tour the facility and get a close-up look at the equipment.
The City of Pearland Fire Department would like to remind residents that open burning and the use of fireworks are strictly prohibited within the city limits of Pearland and surrounding Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, which includes all areas normally serviced by the Pearland Fire Department. The use of prohibited fireworks and open burning in these areas is a Class C misdemeanor carrying a fine up
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