Charlotte (NC) Fire Department Chief Pete Key Installs New Orleans Smoke Detector

Charlotte (NC) Fire Department, Fire Chief Pete Key and New Orleans (LA) Superintendent Timothy McDonnell placed a friendly wager on the recent Wildcard Playoff matchup between the cities’ beloved Panthers and Saints. As a result, Charlotte Fire Chief Key had the opportunity to install a New Orleans Saints smoke alarm.

Saints smoke alarm

As part of the wager, The Buff Project, a New York City-based fire safety organization and distributor of officially licensed NFL Team Identified Smoke alarms, is donating 50 NFL licensed team-branded smoke detectors per game to the fire departments to use in their fire safety outreach efforts. Also during the NFL playoffs, for every NFL team-identified smoke detector sold on their website, The Buff Project will donate smoke detector to that city’s fire department.

For further information about The Buff Project and to purchase a team-identified smoke detector, visit: www.thebuffproject.com.

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