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Harmful Chemicals In Toys |
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Two years later and we're still finding harmful chemicals in our childrens toys? How do your kids' favorites rank? The 3'rd annual Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys can be found at www.HealthyStuff.org. Use the program below to check how your kids' favorites test.
Select your category from the drop-down list and enter your search terms in the text box. You may search on product name, UPC, brand, and level of concern. NONE, LOW, MED, and HIGH are reserved words and if added to the search will filter the results based on level of concern.
Select the Toys category. You can search for products by name (such as Barbie, Hannah, or Football), a brand name (such as Fisher-Price, Hasbro or Maggie), a product UPC code (a number, like 678634798268), or the overall level of detection in a product (High, Medium, Low, or None). These searches can be combined, e.g. (Barbie Medium or Hasbro Low).
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Kelowna Fire Department Stats |
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The Kelowna Fire Department has been getting increasingly busy over the years as our city expands substantially in population. Here is a breakdown of our stats for 2008:
| Kelowna Fire Department - Runs by Station - 2008 |
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| Station |
Medical |
Fire |
Total |
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| 1 |
1163 |
884 |
2047 |
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| 2 |
1515 |
1243 |
2758 |
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| 3 |
1089 |
1101 |
2190 |
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| 4 |
868 |
739 |
1607 |
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| Contract |
75 |
74 |
149 |
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| 7* |
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277 |
277 |
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| 8* |
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128 |
128 |
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| 9 |
6 |
15 |
21 |
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| Totals |
4716 |
4461 |
9177 |
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| Dispatch |
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18012 |
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This list does not include public service calls but if you compare the numbers to 2007, our dispatch center that is based out of Station #1 on Enterprise Way handled 15627 calls in 2007 compared with 18012 calls in 2008, an increase of 2385 calls.
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Safety Net Contest Winner |
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Kara Harms, from Quigley Elementary, won the $1000.00 home computer system - donated by Okanagan On-Site Computer Services - by writing a paragraph on "How I can pervent home fires". Congratulations Kara!
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Halloween Safety Tips |
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With Halloween fast approaching, we would like to pass on a few tips for your kids to keep them safe during this Halloween season. All of these tips are taken from the Safe Kids Canada website which you may want to check out for more simple reminders to keep the little ones out of harms way. Click on 'Read more' below for the Halloween tips.
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Burning Permits |
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Outdoor burning permits will be issued to eligible property owners in the Central Okanagan effective Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Property owners that are eligible to burn must have an approved permit from the Fire Department within their jurisdiction and must abide by the air quality and venting index guidelines. Depending on the fire hazard conditions, this burning season will continue until April 30, 2009.
Information on alternatives to burning and firesmart information is available at Station #1 reception on Enterprise Way.
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