 The people need information. How they say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So just giving them some needed information is very important. So doing it for the community is what drives me to do what I do. I think anytime you need to educate the public about being safe, that's one less person you have to respond to. When I was a firefighter, I saw how fire was how devastating it was and how it can be a worse nightmare for that person or their families. And so when I got into prevention, it helped me get to the other side of that where I can help prevent those fires in some kind of way. One role of fire prevention is to make sure that our fire suppression don't roll like the door because if you can prevent fires from happening by having a good fire prevention program, that's the key to any good fire department. Cooking is one of our number one causes of fires within this community, so it's important that we get out and educate the public, make sure we get into the home economic class and help those teachers in terms of teaching fire safety to those students because we want to reduce the risk there. Part of the home inspection is called a home fire safety survey where we go and look at general fire safety stuff around the home and smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, they need them as well. We not only provide them, but we install them for free as well while we're there. Whenever I do these inspections, my primary goal is to make sure that the occupants inside are safe and I also look out for the firefighters as they as they may have to come into these buildings to conduct their business. It will safeguard their lives along with the occupants of the building at the time. So if they have any questions at all, certainly they'll be able to call and call fire prevention directly at 803-545-3701 and certainly anybody down there would be glad to assist them in whatever it needs are. Working together works. I believe that. Working together works. Hey there, Mayor Steve Benjamin here. Thanks for watching this video. Make sure you give it a like, write below the video and don't forget to subscribe. Also while you're here, be sure to check out one of our other videos or follow on our social media platforms. Thanks again and remember, we are Columbia.