The Home Depot and Aaken Electric Partner to Benefit Bethlehem Inn

NEWS RELEASE
A Public Service Announcement from Bend Fire & Rescue

January 3, 2014

For Immediate Release 

For More Information: Cindy Kettering, Deputy Fire Marshal, Bend Fire & Rescue, (541) 322-6385 office

The Home Depot and Aaken Electric Partner to Benefit Bethlehem Inn

It’s a fact – working smoke alarms save lives!  According to the United States Fire Administration, over 3,000 people die annually in residential fires, and the majority of deaths occurred in homes that did NOT have working smoke alarms. 

The Bethlehem Inn, a local community shelter, did have smoke alarms in each room.  Unfortunately, they were older and in need of replacement.  Also, even though the wiring was present in the walls of each room, the alarms were solely battery operated.  They needed new smoke alarms that were hard wired, with a battery back-up.  The Home Depot stepped up to help, donating 25 brand new hard wired smoke alarms, worth approximately $375.  Aaken Electric offered their time and labor to install the alarms at no cost to the Bethlehem Inn.  

The end result?  Thanks to a great community partnership, the residents of the Bethlehem Inn can be assured of the life-saving early warning a smoke alarm provides in the event of fire.