Fire Prevention Week gives safety reminders for residents

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — This week marks National Fire Prevention week. Across the state, fire departments are holding events to raise awareness and offer fire safety tips to residents.

“Hopefully it just serves as a reminder that the fire prevention should be something practiced every day by everyone,” Scott Deaver, Chief of Spearfish Fire Department, said.

This year’s national campaign is educating residents on lithium-ion batteries that are commonly used to charge devices.

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“The fear of that is that there is much higher sustained burning from lithium,” Deaver said…

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