The Brentwood Fire and Rescue Department Public Safety Day is an annual event held each fall, located in the front parking lot of 330 Franklin Rd (Brentwood Place Shopping Center). This year's event will be on Saturday, October 5, from 10am to 2pm.

The festival includes children’s activities, live fire displays, Brentwood Police officers and 911 Dispatch information, and emergency medical vehicles. There will also be a residential fire sprinkler exhibition, a demonstration of how firefighters use equipment to remove someone trapped following a vehicle accident, and other displays of public safety organizations this day helps educate our community’s youngest and oldest residents about the responsibility of public safety and what to do if ever they encounter an emergency.

Event Coordinator and Fire Engineer Steven White says, “Please bring your entire family and neighborhood friends out.  There will be a bounce house, a hazmat trailer, a mini “combat” course, the Brentwood Police Department K-9 unit, DARE officers, free car seat checks, and CPR demonstrations.”  

One of the most visual events is the side-by-side house burn demonstration and it will take place around 12 o’clock noon.  The significance of the side-by-side burn is to show the public how important it is to have working smoke alarms and the value of having your home and/or workplace equipped with fire sprinklers.  “It really shows residents and the public how a sprinkler system works and clears up any myths that television and Hollywood have incorrectly depicted,” White said.

Fire Station Tours

In addition to the Public Safety Day Festival, all five Brentwood Fire Stations will be open and offering tours on Saturday between 10am-2pm.  Firefighters will be able to discuss station life, explain their duties, and talk about fire safety. 

Brentwood’s five stations are located at:

• 5211 Maryland Way
• 1301 Wilson Pike
• 1750 General George Patton Drive
• 1300 Sunset Road
• 9551 Split log rd

If you can’t make it to our station tours, you can still get a sneak peek inside our fire stations by watching a virtual station tour video.  It shows where firefighters sleep at the station, eat, and what equipment is included on a fire truck. VIDEO: Brentwood Fire and Rescue Virtual Fire Station Tour

For more general information about Fire Prevention Week and fire prevention in general, visit fpw.org and sparky.org. Please subscribe to the City of Brentwood YouTube channel where you can find many more educational videos about the Brentwood Fire and Rescue Department.