HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The 21st edition of Pizza Night was another great success for the Harrisonburg Fire Department.
Lieutenant Erin Stehle stated that firefighters delivered over 300 CiCi’s Pizzas into homes during the four-hour period Wednesday evening and checked nearly 900 smoke alarms to see if they were in working order.
“Any time you can get into that many homes to check their smoke alarms, it is a successful evening,” Stehle said. “The good news is that more and more residents have working smoke alarms, which means they are making sure they work and are changing their batteries.”
Among the statistics released by H.F.D. include:
307 Residences Checked
888 Smoke Alarms Checked
78 Smoke Alarms Replaced
51 Smoke Alarm Batteries Replaced
42 Carbon Monoxide Alarms Checked
27 Carbon Monoxide Alarms Replaced
2 Carbon Monoxide Batteries Replaced
140 Owned Properties
167 Rental Properties
13 Duplicates/Cancelled/County Residents