Hot topic: IFD door-to-door blitz aims to save lives

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Expect to see fire trucks rolling and firefighters strolling the streets and sidewalks of Indianapolis in the coming days.

The Indianapolis Fire Department is sending out crews from all of the city’s 44 stations on a smoke alarm blitz.

IFD says the firefighters are going door to door, the mornings of Aug. 1st and 2nd, talking with people across 79 neighborhoods.

The effort essentially covers every area IFD covers, from 96th Street to the north down to County Line Road to the south, and from High School Road to the west out to Carroll Road out east.

Indianapolis firefighters walk local neighborhood as part of smoke alarm blitz (Photo provided by IFD)

The goal is to help prevent tragedies by discussing fire prevention, escape plans, a...