Clarendon Hills Fire Department’s annual open house attracts abput 800 people to the fire station

About 800 residents showed up Saturday for a variety of activities related to fire prevention during Clarendon Hills Fire Department's open house.

For more than 50 years in Clarendon Hills, Fire Prevention Week has meant an annual open house during which residents are invited to visit the village’s fire station, which has been located for several years at 316 Park Ave. About 800 residents showed up Saturday for a variety of activities related to fire prevention. Firefighters gave out information about fire prevention, demonstrated auto extrication, using a junk car, removing the roof and doors using hydraulic rescue equipment.

take the roof of a car during a demonstration at the Clarendon Hills Fire Department’s Open House on Saturday Oct. 7, 2023. The National Fire Protection Association has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week since 1922. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in the country, according to the NFPA. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of Oct.

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