From the Apalachin Fire Dept.
Safety Information - Product Recalls

 The NYS Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC) regularly collects important safety information and passes that information on to us, as local emergency first responders. It may be news of products that have been recalled due to a safety hazard, such as a battery charger that may overheat and start a fire, or new products that change the way emergency responders have to react to common situations, as in the case of the new ethanol fuels, or vital information about a possible public health threat, like an influenza pandemic.

 The Apalachin Fire Department. will be passing on this information to you in our monthly column. If you have questions, please feel free to stop in and talk to our on duty crew at Station #1, 230 Penn. Ave, between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm daily, or during our drill time from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Wednesdays. We will have printouts available there. In the future, we hope to have links to the articles available on our web site, www.apalachinfd.com.

 This month's recalls include:

• The Pelican Power Brick Battery Charger, distributed or imported by Electro Source LLC, of Vernon CA. This is an external recharging accessory to be used with the Sony PSP ™ Models with the number  PL-6018 on the back, sold between April 2005 and March 226 may present an overheating and fire hazard; consumers should contact the recall hotline at 1-800-263-1156. Additional information is also available at www.powerbrickrecall.net

• AquaPod 12 gallon aquariums having three power cords have shown an electrical shock hazard to consumers. Affected are models with the model number 7050 listed on the packaging or owner's manual. Models with a white label with the manufacturing date and bar code are not included; these were sold from December 2005 through January 2006 for about $240. Consumers should contact Current USA at 1-866-276-8872, or online at www.current-usa.com.

 For more recall alerts, please visit the web site of the Consumer Product Safety Commission at www.cpsc.gov