Tammy Wynette enlisted in fire safety campaign
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Country music legend Tammy Wynette plays an unlikely
starring role in a new fire safety campaign launched in Kent.
Kent Fire and Rescue has launched a
short online film - Stand By Your Pan -
urging people not to cook while drunk.
It includes a re-written version of
the classic song Stand By Your Man. Tammy Wynette's estate had to
give special permission for the song to be used, and are understood
to have approved of its new message.
The video features a drunk man
returning home and cooking bacon in a pan, before falling asleep on
the sofa as flames rage in the kitchen.
From out of the smoke appear two
singing "fire angels", who launch into a verse and
chorus of the country song much to the surprise of the
dreaming drunkard.
KFRS’s head of community
safety, Stuart Skilton, said: “Unfortunately, fire angels don’t
actually exist - if you’re asleep and a fire breaks out, you’re in
serious trouble. Just a couple of breaths of fire smoke can be
enough to knock you completely unconscious.
“Leaving cooking unattended
is often a recipe for disaster, and if you’ve been drinking you’re
even more vulnerable."
Video: Watch the Kent
Fire and Rescue Service video above
The video is becoming a cult hit
on
YouTube, with viewers from Canada and North America. It is
understood that firefighters in Nashville, Tennessee - in
Tammy Wynette's heartland - are interested in using the
video.
To book a free Home Safety
Visit call 0800 9237000.
Thursday, December 03 2009
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