If they put half as much emphasis on getting rid of illegals as they do to catering to them.......






http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/NEWS/804280328/1001/news

Some Hispanic families in the Sioux Falls area soon will get talking smoke detectors, thanks to an effort by Sioux Falls Fire Rescue and Ace Hardware.

The smoke detectors will have instructions recorded in Spanish, which then will play if the smoke detector sounds, said Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Division Chief Jim Sideras. Ace Hardware donated the smoke detectors, and the instructions will be recorded by Sioux Falls radio host Nestor Rivera.

"We started thinking of our growing Hispanic population, and some of those people might not have been exposed to smoke detectors," Sideras said. "We recorded a brief 15-second notice that tells people to leave the home and call 911."



It is not uncommon for firefighters to encounter language barriers while at the scene of a fire call, he said. The department has access to interpreters, but the talking smoke detectors provide an additional communication tool, Sideras said.

"With these particular detectors, we're really trying to target the families where there's a real language barrier, where no one in the home speaks English," he said.

The smoke detectors will be handed out by a few Sioux Falls churches, Rivera said. The talking detectors vary from smoke detectors handed out to Hispanic families before.

"These are different and hopefully will be placed in specific homes: homes with large families, homes with senior citizens, homes with handicapped individuals," Rivera said. "I think that would be the best use for all of them."

The smoke detectors are a natural extension of what the fire department and his radio program do to educate the Hispanic community on safety, he said.

"In the Hispanic community, the way that these smoke detectors could be programmed, you could send any specific message to the family so that they understand that this is not a game; that there is a fire in the house, and they need to get out," Rivera said.

Reach Matthew Gruchow at 331-2301.

habla espanol??!

how's it going rob?

good, how about you my friend?

Rob there is nothing wrong with that, who said they were illegally here?

So, what's your point? Just because some of these people might be illegal aliens they deserve to die in a fire?

i'm good! just gonna sit back and watch this one! let me know if you need some help!

There's nothing in there that says that they are illegal.

The firefighters are doing the right thing. They hurt terribly when someone dies in a fire.

if they were legal they would be able to speak english. English is required through naturalization.

see my response above. i understand that, but if they kicked them out they wouldnt have to worry about them dying in a fire in the us because their smoke detectors did not speak english to them

Not at all, if they are illegal kick them out and you do not have to worry about them perishing. If they are legal let them buy their own smoke detectors. Who doesn't undertand what *beep*beep*beep* means from a smoke detector

Doesn't mean all of them keep it up. Some traditions die hard and they want to speak their home language. And there is nothing wrong with that either.

hey get back to the other thread

Lol, not the english is not the official language of the unites states argument again. If they are not respectful enough to "keep up" the language of the country, then they need to go back where it is appropriate to speak their native tongue for everything

Talking about if they are legal, they can buy their own: You know that in St. Louis, the firefighters put smoke detectors in houses that have low-income, elderly and/or disabled persons living in them. They don't want anybody to die in a fire on their watch.

I want to know how to get on this list of freebies. I am tired of paying for my own food, gas, housing and furniture. Seems like there is a program out there to get everything free if you are willing to take handouts

could you post that requirement plz

and maybe they are here on a work visa

doubtful but a possibility

I didn't know that you were prejudiced. I thought that you only disliked having illegals here.

People don't choose to be low-income, elderly or disabled.
Most of them have worked and paid taxes.

OK. We all know from my big mouth that my son is a volunteer fireman. I can understand giving out fire alarms, but for the love of God, one that actually talks and speaks in Spanish???

Where is MY talking fire alarm/smoke detector?

If people are so stupid to not know that when that buzzer goes off that something is wrong and to get the heck out, they are hopeless.

Gosh, even when I have baked (I am such a suzie homemaker/NOT) and something spilled over in the oven and my smoke detector goes off, my Golden Retriever high tails it down into the basement!!!!!

NEED ANYTHING MORE BE SAID?

Firefighters do NOT take the time to find an interpreter, WTF? They are there to get the people OUT! My son has been known to drag some people out, no time to play games.

AND my pet peeve thanks Rob, now you got me started.

IF YOU COME TO MY COUNTRY AND REFUSE TO LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY!! HOW DARE YOU INSULT US BY REFUSING TO LEARN OUR LANGUAGE AND THEN WANT AND THE FREEBIES THE ARE. GRRRRRRRRR TOTAL LAZYNESS THAT IS WHAT I SAY TOTAL LAZYNESS.

OK. Done.

Lindyy

Isnt a beep a beep in all languages?