Fire Prevention Week
2025
San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department
History of Fire
Prevention Month
• The Great Chicago Fire started
October 8, 1871
• More than 250 died, 100,000 were left
homeless, at least 17,400 structures
destroyed, and 2,000+ acres of land
burned
• In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge
proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a
national observance
• Fire Prevention Month is the longest
running public health observance in
the country
2025 Fire Prevention
Week Theme
Thank you!