Fire Prevention Week October 6th – 12th, 2019, Oct 8, 2019

A colorful fire safety poster with diverse people and a dog following a firefighter mascot, promoting escape planning.

Why home escape planning and practice matter

Home escape planning and practice ensure that everyone knows what to do in a fire and is prepared to escape quickly and safely.
Today’s homes burn faster than ever. You may have as little as two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds.
When the smoke alarm sounds in a real fire, it’s too late to start making a plan.

Essentials for creating a home escape plan: map exits, mark smoke alarms, choose a meeting place, and know emergency call procedures.

Here’s more fire safety information you can use:

Cover all the bases for your family with our fire escape checklist.
Older adults are more likely to die in a fire. Help keep them safe with our fire safety checklist for caregivers of older adults.
Download the home escape plan grid in Spanish.
Are you a public educator? Sign up for Safety Source, a monthly e-newsletter with the latest activities from NFPA’s Public Education Division.

Website Accessibility Policy

Teton County Fire Protection District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Teton County Fire Protection District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 208-715-5201

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Teton County Fire Protection District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Teton County Fire Protection District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 208-715-5201.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.