Voters with disabilities encouraged to vote
Fire Prevention Week Oct 5 to 11, 2014
Make sure it works: your smoke alarm can save your life
CORNWALL | In an effort to accommodate all residents, the City of Cornwall will be focussing on accessibility during advance voting days. Advance voting will be held at the Benson Centre, Cornwall Square and Eastcourt Mall on October 9, 10 and 11. Voters have not been assigned a vot- ing location. Instead, voters can vote at the location of their choice. “We want to make it as easy as possible for residents to participate in the election,” said Manon Levesque, deputy clerk. The Elections Office has two touch-screen voting units that are equipped with elec- tronic ballots including audio, keyboard, large print and colour contrast in both of- ficial languages, for voters who are deaf or who have vision disabilities. These two units will be located at the Cornwall Square and Eastcourt Mall. Cornwall Transit will be offering free Handi-Transit rides to voters with disabili- ties during the advance voting days, to and from a voting location. Handi-Transit regis- tered users must book their rides directly with Cornwall Transit. The advance voting days at the Benson Centre, Cornwall Square and Eastcourt Mall will be opened to the general public on the following days: October 9 – 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., October 10 – 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and October 11 – 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A second round of advance voting will be held at City Hall on October 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The municipal elections will be held on Oc- tober 27. City councillor candidate Stephanie White has resigned from the upcom- ing municipal elections. Citing her lack of time, White sent a resignation letter to media outlets throughout the city on September 24, explaining that: “When my name was submitted to run for a council seat, I believed, at that time, I would be able to dedicate 100% of my time, if elected, serving the residents of Cornwall to the best of my abilities. I be- lieved I would no longer have to travel far from home for my work as a Business Intelligence consultant. This belief was amiss and as fate would have it, I will soon be away from Cornwall for extend- ed periods, far too often to provide the dedicated effort I feel is a responsibility for city council.” White pulls out of race
Fire Prevention Week is coming up, and this year Fire Prevention Canada and the Canada Safety Council are reminding us that every home should be protected with working smoke alarms. Many fire fatalities occur at night, when people are sleeping and fail to notice smoke as an indication of fire in their home. If there is no alarm to wake them, they will literally never know what hit them. One of the great frustrations of firefighters everywhere is to see home smoke alarms disarmed or removed from their ceiling anchors. As the Canada Safety Council says, “A dead unit is worse than none at all — it can give you a false sense of security.”
that won’t put your family’s lives in danger. If making toast or taking a shower sets off your alarm regularly, try moving the detector to a spot just outside the kitchen or bathroom. Ionization alarms are especially responsive to fast-burning materials, such as burning fat, newspaper, and paint. This type is generally chea- per and it is also the kind most often disarmed because of nuisance false alarms. Try installing a better quality photoelectric alarm. Contact your local fire department to arrange a visit from a fire prevention officer who will show you the best spots for your home’s smoke detectors.
If you must escape through smoke, crawl on your hands and knees to the nearest exit.
In case of fire Call 911
Test smoke alarm batteries often, and change them when you change the time on your clocks every fall and spring.
Whether your home smoke alarms are powered by batteries or your home’s electrical system, make sure they are updated every 10 years, tested monthly, and outfitted with fresh batteries on a yearly basis. WHY IS MY SMOKE ALARM SO FUSSY? Fire Prevention Canada says that disarming an alarm is a mistake that can cost lives. There are other options
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