This Fire Prevention Week, hear advice from Hinesburg’s first full-time fire chief [Video]

IT’S NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. AND IN THE TOWN OF HINESBURG, THE NEW FIRE CHIEF IS SPREADING THE MESSAGE… AS THE áFIRST PERSON TO HOLD HIS POSITION áFULL TIME. PRESCOTT NADEAU WAS SWORN IN JUST LAST MONTH. AFTER SERVING AS A CAPTAIN AT THE WILLISTON DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN DECADE. NBC5S ANNA GUBER SPOKE WITH THE NEW FIRE CHIEF. ANNA – WHAT DOES HE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW AS WE GET INTO THESE COLD MONTHS? LAUREN, ADRIAN… SMOKE ALARMS ARE THE THEME OF THIS YEAR’S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. CHIEF NADEAU SAYS IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF áWORKING SMOKE DETECTORS THROUGHOUT YOUR HOME. AND A PLAN IN PLACE… IF THEY START TO GO OFF. <PRESCOTT NADEAU, HINESBURG FIRE CHIEF :03 “THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPACTFUL CHANGE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE HINESBURG.”> THAT’S WHY PRESCOTT NADEAU SAYS AFTER A DECADE SERVING THE WILLISTON, VERMONT COMMUNITY. HE’S TAKING HIS …