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Want to Reach More People With Your Fire Safety Efforts? Give Facebook a Try!
By Dayna Hilton - Sunday November 15, 2009Facebook is quickly becoming the tool of choice by many leading fire departments in helping spread the fire safety message. With more than 40 billion page views each month , Facebook is the sixth most trafficked site in the United States. For those unfamiliar with Facebook, it is an online social network that connects people through their colleges, universities, high schools, or workplace networks. How might Facebook help with your fire safety efforts? Compete.com recently found that Facebook ranked as the most used social network in the world based on monthly active users, followed by MySpace . Interestingly, there are more than 300 million active users on Facebook, with 50% of those users logging in on any given day. Each day... -
Welcome!
By Dayna Hilton - Monday August 10, 2009Welcome to the Playing it Safe blog. My name is Dayna Hilton and helping others stay fire safe is my passion. As a second-generation firefighter and fire safety educator from Clarksville, Arkansas, I have committed my life to helping others keep fire safe, not only in my community, but throughout the state and nation. And, like many of you, the desire to reduce fire-related incidents, loss of life, and the destruction of property is central to my life. One of the things that I enjoy most, is learning what other educators do to promote fire safety in their communities. It was during 2003 at the NationalFireAcademy that I discovered my innate desire to learn all that I could about fire safety. Instructor Cheryl Edwards of the...
