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Child Safety Seat Instruction for
Safe Kids of Tarrant County
Beginning in July, 2013 Station #9 and Safe
Kids of Tarrant County partnered to provide
car seat installation inspections on a routine
basis. Since it began, the crews at Station
#9 and trained inspectors have educated 50
families on car seat safety, physically
checked 73 seats and distributed 43 seats.

AFD and APFF Local 1329 - Vial of Life
A cooperative effort with the Arlington
Professional Firefighters Association, the Vial of
Life Program provides containers to citizens for
storage of medical information. Participants in
the program are given a form to complete with
pertinent medical history and emergency
contacts. Once completed, the form is placed in
an oversized pill capsule and stored in the
refrigerator. A front door sticker and a
refrigerator magnet are visual cues for
emergency responders that the resident has a
Vial of Life.

Fire Department Programs Recognized
City Management recognized City departments for outstanding program efforts in 2013. The Fire Department
received recognition for the following important projects:
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DUTY
DUTY

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HONOR / /
HONOR

Working Together to Make Arlington Better.

AISD High School Fire Academy
Best City to Have a Heart Attack In
CAD/MDC Deployment
Flood Safety Awareness Program
Railroad Renewal Project
West Nile Strategy and Program

COMPASSION
COMPASSION
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EXCELLENCE
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