Janice Gratton When Janice (Jan) Gratton passed away, the fi re service lost one of its strongest advocates and leaders of all-time in the fi eld of fi re and life safety education. Her place as a woman in fi re service history is rock solid as we recognize National When Janice (Jan) Gratton passed away, the fi re service lost one of its strongest advocates and leaders of all-time in the fi eld of fi re and life safety education. Her place as a woman in fi re service history is rock solid as we recognize National
Women’s History Month. Having began her career as a volunteer with the Covina (CA) Fire Department (CFD), Jan spent more than four decades trying to protect the public from being harmed by fi re and other causes. If a more genuine, dedicated, and caring person than Jan Gratton ever existed in the fi re and emergency services community, I never met them – and there are tons of other people who would agree with that statement. She just fl at-out cared about others and took actions, or led others in actions, to keep them safe. Her career began in the 1960’s when she decided to assist CFD with their public education program. She was fully committed to helping the public understand the need for, and then install, smoke alarms and residential fi re sprinkler systems. Jan even designed the fi rst “Smoke Detectors for the Elderly and Handicapped” project, which became a national model that Women’s History Month. Having began her career as a volunteer with the Covina (CA) Fire Department (CFD), Jan spent more than four decades trying to protect the public from being harmed by fi re and other causes. If a more genuine, dedicated, and caring person than Jan Gratton ever existed in the fi re and emergency services community, I never met them – and there are tons of other people who would agree with that statement. She just fl at-out cared about others and took actions, or led others in actions, to keep them safe. Her career began in the 1960’s when she decided to assist CFD with their public education program. She was fully committed to helping the public understand the need for, and then install, smoke alarms and residential fi re sprinkler systems. Jan even designed the fi rst “Smoke Detectors for the Elderly and Handicapped” project, which became a national model that When Janice “Jan” Gratton passed away, the fire service lost one of its strongest advocates and leaders of all time in the field of fire and life-safety education. Her place as a woman in fire service history is rock solid as we recognize National Women’s History Month. Having begun her career as a volunteer with the Covina (California) Fire Department (CFD), Jan spent more than four decades trying to protect the public from being harmed by fire and other causes. If a more genuine, dedicated, and caring person than Jan Gratton ever existed in the fire and emergency services community, I never met them – and there are tons of other people who would agree with that statement. She just flat- out cared about others and took actions, or led others in actions, to keep them safe. Her career began in the 1960s when she decided to assist the CFD with their public education program. She was fully committed to helping the public understand the need for, and then install, smoke alarms and residential fire sprinkler systems. Jan even designed the first Smoke Detectors for the Elderly and Handicapped project, which became a national model that others followed.
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