(Atlantic, Iowa) – Area fire departments held free-will donation breakfasts Sunday to kick-off Fire Prevention Week, which is now through Saturday, Oct. 12^th. In Atlantic, a breakfast served at the fire station included pancakes, sausage/bacon, scrambled eggs and coffee or juice. The donation breakfast helps with Fire Prevention and Education efforts at schools and elsewhere. The theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week is “Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you.”

In Atlantic, the week concludes Saturday with the Annual Fireman’s Parade downtown at 6-p.m. The parade line-up begins at 4-p.m., at 3^rd & Olive Streets, and features the “Destruction Drill Team,” along with numerous participating area fire department trucks and personnel, EMS crews and their vehicles, and much more.

Oct. 12, 2024 Atlantic Fireman’s Parade route