Change Your Clocks… Change Your Batteries
March 9, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
BISMARCK, N.D. – When it comes time to change your clocks on Sunday, March 14, the Bismarck Fire Department wants to remind everyone to make another change that could save your lives – change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Communities nationwide witness tragic home fire deaths each year. An average of two children per day die in home fires and 80 percent of those deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms. Non-working smoke alarms rob residents of the protective benefits home fire safety devices were designed to provide. The most commonly cited cause of non-working smoke detectors is worn or missing batteries.
“Most fatal fires occur between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. while most families are sleeping” says Ron Kunda, Fire Marshal for the City of Bismarck. “Children and seniors are most at risk for home fire deaths and a working smoke detector can give them the extra time it takes to get out safely.”
The Bismarck Fire Department recommends these simple steps:
o Install a smoke detector in each bedroom and hallway and on each level of your home.
o Install carbon monoxide detectors on each level of your home.
o Test the smoke detector once a month.
o If the smoke detector is older than ten years, replace it with a new one.
o Change the batteries twice a year, each time you change your clocks!!
o Don’t forget about your carbon monoxide detectors!!
o Vacuum out the dust from your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
o If your carbon monoxide detector is over five years old, replace it with a new one.
The Bismarck Fire Department would also like to remind you to have an escape plan in your home that includes two exits from each room and a safe meeting place outside the home. Be sure to practice the plan with your family so you can prepare for an emergency before it happens.
The Bismarck Fire Department encourages you to use this information to keep you and your family safe. For more information visit www.bismarck.org/fire or call 701-355-1400
Bismarck Spring Load Restrictions to Begin March 10, 2010
March 6, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
Spring load restrictions will be placed on City of Bismarck streets and alleys effective March 10, 2010 at 7 a.m. Placement of spring load restrictions is coordinated with the North Dakota Department of Transportation spring load restrictions on NDDOT highways in the surrounding area.
Restrictions are lifted when roadbeds have stabilized enough to carry normal traffic.
Contractors/truckers should move heavy loads prior to March 10, 2010 before load restrictions are placed on City of Bismarck streets and alleys.
The spring 2010 load restriction map will be placed on the website March 9, 2010, prior to spring load restrictions being placed on city of Bismarck streets and alleys. The map will be available at www.bismarck.org, click on City Departments, Engineering, Maps.
If you have any questions, please contact City of Bismarck Engineering Dept. at 355-1505.
Updates will be announced in future news releases as new information becomes available.
The City of Bismarck reserves the right to change or establish additional load restrictions on city streets as deemed necessary.
Spotlight North Dakota – Germans, Japanese & Italians: Unwelcome in North Dakota
March 6, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
In 1941, by presidential proclamation, any “enemy alien” in the U.S. could be detained without any recourse. Ft. Lincoln, one mile south of Bismarck, was one of the many internment camps set up to detain persons of German, Japanese, and Italian descent during World War II. Many of those detained were U.S. citizens. Marilyn Snyder and Scott Schaffnit present this story.
Watch Spotlight North Dakota – Germans, Japanese & Italians: Unwelcome in North Dakota by Marilyn Snyder & Scott Schaffnit on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
The Spotlight North Dakota public programs of the North Dakota State Historical Society have been offered through the Sensational Sunday Series, at the North Dakota Heritage Center, featuring music, storytelling, historic preservation programs, and the North Dakota Humanities Council’s Larry Remele Memorial Fellowship lecture series.
Visit the State Historical Society of North Dakota at: www.state.nd.us/hist/
Mandan 2010 Flood Information Available
March 4, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
The City of Mandan has posted links on its website at www.cityofmandan.com for 2010 flood information including:
Morton County Department of Emergency Management
National Weather Service Missouri River Tracking
Residents who live in areas of potential risk are encouraged to register cell phone numbers with the CityWatch Notification System by using this link or calling 701-667-3307.
New Mandan City Poll
March 4, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
A new poll has been posted to the City of Mandan website. Visit www.cityofmandan.com to answer this question:
Is the “Talk of the Town” 2009 Community Progress Report & Business Directory informative?
Send comments to info@cityofmandan.com.
