And the winner is...

The lucky winner of the pink fire helmet raffled off as part of Countryside's fundraising efforts for the 2008 Pink Ribbon Tour was Eileen Marx of McHenry. Eileen purchased her ticket at the Mundelein Police Department's Special Olympics Bowling event. Her plans are to give the helmet to a friend that is a firefighter and whose wife is suffering from breast cancer. We congratulate Eileen on winning the helmet and wish her friend's wife strength and success in her fight. Thank you to all who helped support this great cause. We look forward to seeing you all next year for the 2009 tour.

Thanksgiving, or as some like to refer to it as - Turkey Day, is just around the corner. Don't let a deep-fried turkey turn into a deep-fried house or even worse. Click here for information on turkey fryer safety.

Sadly, even closer than Thanksgiving may be the need to put this piece of machinery to work. Every year numerous people end up in the emergency room from injuries suffered from unsafe use of their snowblowers. Click here for some tips on the safe operation of your snow blower.

Check out the US Fire Administration website
for a wealth of other fire safety information.