RO RO -ZE -ZE 2010 ZER O HOME FIRE SAFETY CALENDAR
20% OF HOUSE FIRES OCCUR WHEN NO ONE IS AT HOME (1998 2008)
JANUARY 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 31 New Years Day Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 Australia Day 26 Teachers return to school
41.5% OF HOUSE FIRES START IN THE KITCHEN (1998 2008)
FEBRUARY 2010 Sunday Monday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 7 Chinese New Year Year of the Tiger 14 21 Purim 28 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Students return to school 1 2 3 4 5 Nirvana Day (Buddhism) 8 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 20 24 25 Hands On 26 Careers Expo Mawlid an Nabi (Birth of Prophet Mohammed) 27 Orthodox Easter Preparations Begin 15 22 Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Tuesday 16 23 Ash Wednesday 6 Second Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generation 13
DO YOU KNOW YOUR SMOKE ALARM S NEED REPLACING AFTER TEN YEARS?
MARCH 2010 Sunday Monday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 14 15 16 Harmony Day 21 22 Earth Hour 28 29 Clean Up Australia Day 7 International Women s Day Labour Day Victoria Passover Saturday 5 6 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 Ride2School Day Cultural Diversity Week Schools Clean Up Day End of Term 1
MOST CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS DO NOT RECOGNISE DANGER OR CONSISTENTLY RETAIN FIRE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE
APRIL 2010 Sunday Monday CHANGE THE 4 BATTERIES IN SMOKE ALARMS DAY Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 1 Saturday Good Friday / Orthodox Holy Friday International Children s Book Day 2 3 Easter Monday 5 6 7 8 9 10 Start of Term 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 Daylight Savings Ends Easter Sunday / Orthodox Easter Sunday 11 18 ANZAC Day 25 ANZAC Day Public Holiday World Book Day 30
12.5% OF HOUSE FIRES ARE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL FAULTS. (1998 2008)
MAY 2010 Sunday Mothers Day Monday Tuesday 30 31 2 3 9 10 Buddha s Day Festival16 23 Education Week National Career Development Week Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 4 NAPLAN tests (Years 3, 5, 7 & 9) 11 17 18 24 25 1 5 NAPLAN tests (Years 3, 5, 7 & 9) 12 6 NAPLAN tests (Years 3, 5, 7 & 9) 19 National Sorry Day 26 13 20 National Reconciliation Week Australia s Biggest Morning Tea Walk Safely to School Day 27 National Mathematics Day 7 8 14 International Day 15 of Families Buddha s Day Festival 21 22 28 29
www.homefiresafety.com.au 10.5% OF RESIDENTIAL FIRES IN MELBOURNE START IN SLEEPING AREAS (1998-2008)
JUNE 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 6 13 7 Wednesday MS Readathon: Start Reading 1 June Written Exams 8 June Written Exams Thursday 2 Mabo Day 9 June Written Exams General Achievement Test Friday 3 10 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 Queen s Birthday Public Holiday Vic Saturday 4 Pupil Free Day End of Term 2 Red Nose Day World Environment Day 5 11 12 18 19 25 26
Get out and stay out! ON AVERAGE, EVERY SIX WEEKS ONE ACUTE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE VICTORIAN ADULT BURNS SERVICE FOR A LONG-TERM STAY, BECAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE (2006-2008)
JULY 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 NAIDOC Week 4 Friday Saturday 1 2 3 10 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 11 Start of Term 3 Australian National Chemistry Quiz School AIDS Day 17 24 School Trees Day 31
THERE ARE 47 FIRE STATIONS IN THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT. FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO FIRES FAST. 000 FACTS: THERE IS NO CHARGE FROM A PUBLIC PHONE OR MOBILE LEAVE A LANDLINE OFF THE HOOK AND EMERGENCY SERVICES CAN FIND YOU NEED AN INTERPRETER? SAY FIRE... AND YOUR LANGUAGE ZERO-ZERO-ZERO
AUGUST 2010 Sunday Monday 1 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 2 3 9 10 Beginning of Ramadam 11 15 16 17 Vietnam Veteran s Day 22 23 24 29 30 8 International Day of the World s Indigenous People MS Readathon: Finish Reading 31 National Aboriginal & Islander Children s Day 4 Friday Saturday 5 6 12 13 National Science Week 14 18 19 20 Children s Book Week 21-27 21 25 26 International Youth Day Daffodil Day 27 7 28 For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450
ZERO-ZERO-ZERO FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE UNTIL AN AMBULANCE ARRIVES ON THE SCENE
SEPTEMBER 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 Father s Day Thursday 1 2 5 6 7 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 UN International Day of Peace International Literacy Day 8 Friday Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) Royal Melbourne Show 16 26 9 16 Saturday 3 4 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) Id al Fitr (end of Ramadam) 10 11 Australian Citizenship Day End of Term 3 17 24 Yom Kippur 18 25
47% OF HOUSE FIRE DEATHS ARE OF PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER DISCOVER EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY SAFER: www.communitysafetymonth.com.au
OCTOBER 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 31 Start of Daylight Savings Thursday Saturday 1 2 3 Start of Term 4 4 VCE Performance and LOTE Oral Exams 4 31 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 CCAFL written exams VCE written exams start
38.7% OF BBQ FIRES IN THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT ARE CAUSED BY BROKEN OR LEAKING GAS CONNECTIONS (2007-2008)
NOVEMBER 2010 Sunday Monday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 Tuesday 1 Melbourne Cup Wednesday Thursday 2 3 Friday 4 5 6 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 Remembrance Day Saturday VCE written exams finish 19 26 UN Universal Children s Day 20 27
DECEMBER 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday For more information call Community Education on 9665 4464 TTY: 1300 727 301 To ask a question with the help of an interpreter call 131 450 5 Boxing Day Thursday 1 Al Hijra/Muharram (Islamic New Year) 6 Bodhi Day (Buddhism) Chanukah (day 1) Friday Saturday 2 3 International Day of People with a Disability 4 International Human Rights Day 10 11 End of Term 4 17 18 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 29 30 31 26 Public Holiday (Vic) 27 Public Holiday (Vic) Christmas Day 25
Community Education Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) 450 Burnley Street Richmond 3121 email: commed@mfb.vic.gov.au web: www.mfb.vic.gov.au The artwork on this cover and the watermarks symbolise a Smoking Ceremony. The centre circle represents the fire of the Smoking Ceremony, the grey figures leading out from the circle being symbolic of the smoke and also the people who are taking part. The outer circles represent those communities from where these people have come. The gum leaf demonstrates the use of the Eucalyptus leaves in a Smoking Ceremony. Artist: Reanna Bono. Graphic Design: Nick Mau.