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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes <br />June 12, 2019 <br />Page 2 of 19 <br /> <br />campaign encourages everyone to close all the doors in their homes each night before <br />bed. <br /> <br />Battalion Chief Halverson made a presentation to the Commission on the Community <br />Initiative Close Before You Doze. He indicated he met with Ms. Olson and wondered <br />if the Commission would be interested in helping with guiding him on engagement <br />topics. <br /> <br />Ms. Olson stated this project is at the very beginning stage of planning and thought it was <br />great the Commission is in it at the beginning part of it and to offer any feedback, <br />thoughts or suggestions. <br /> <br />Battalion Chief Halverson stated on the Fire Department website some of this will be <br />interactive in order to gear people towards the website. He noted the Fire Department <br />does a lot of social media as well in order to get the message out, but some people are not <br />on social media and some people cannot come to the station to talk about fire prevention. <br />He indicated the Fire Department needed help in getting the information out to the <br />different communities within the City. <br /> <br />Chair Beltmann asked <br />ready to launch in the community. <br /> <br />Battalion Chief Halverson stated with phase one, the social media part is already done <br />and ordering all the swag for handouts is complete. Phase two which is meeting with city <br />and commissions to try to develop an action plan on who to target and how to get the <br />message out appropriately. He would also like help in building the program. He thought <br />it would be fun to build the program with the Commissioners. He explained there are not <br />many Fire Departments really doing this in the North Metro so he would like to set an <br />example for other cities. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lee asked if this was a national campaign. <br /> <br />Battalion Chief Halverson stated this is a pretty new national campaign and through <br />Underwriting Laboratories (UL). UL has done a lot of testing on this and have shown <br />that just shutting a door can save lives if there is a fire. He indicated that doors are rated <br />to protect from fire for thirty minutes along with drywall and other things that can protect <br />people from fire in order to get out. <br /> <br />Chair Beltmann asked if there was a process for getting material translated into the <br />appropriate languages. <br /> <br />Battalion Chief Halverson indicated he was not sure about the process behind getting the <br />material translated. This was discussed a little bit with the person who oversees this <br />nationally and he was told the information was only available in English and Spanish. He <br />wondered if it would be easier to do some train the trainer <br /> <br /> <br />