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Highland Park fire chief says free kitchen fire blankets available; residents asked to bring ID

Public meeting (governing body not specified) · January 20, 2026
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Pat Payne, chief of the Highland Park Fire Department, said a program begun in October with the mayor's office is distributing free kitchen fire blankets alongside smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; residents can bring ID to receive a blanket and were shown how to deploy it on a stovetop.

Pat Payne, chief of the Highland Park Fire Department, told meeting attendees that the department has been distributing free kitchen fire blankets since October as part of a program run with the mayor's office. He said the blankets are being handed out along with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms and that residents may "bring your ID in, we give you a fire blanket."

Payne said the blankets are…

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