City of Sparta and TVA team up to give away fire blankets

City of Sparta was giving back to the community during a fire blanket giveaway Sept. 22.

The city and TVA teamed up to give fire blankets to any customers of Sparta Electric that could stop by.

“This is hopefully going to help you be safer at your house,” said Mayor Jerry Lowery. “Maybe put out a kitchen fire, a grill fire, something like that. If something sparks up where you cook with grease, frying French fries or whatever, if something happens you can get this and put it out and save a life, save a family, save a home, save some property.”

Last year, a similar event was held with weather radios. The City of Sparta regularly partners with TVA for events like this to help serve the community. Lowery was proud to be able to continue the project once again to help residents of Sparta, and he thanked TVA for continuing to support Sparta with their collaboration.

“We’re really excited about this project, that we can give back to our residents a little bit,” Lowery said.

Before an hour had even passed, Sparta Electric and the Fire Department had already given way more than a dozen fire blankets to residents, and they were excited to continue offering through the rest of the day.

The city also will keep the remaining fire blankets that were donated after the event, so anyone who missed the event Monday can check with the city to see if they still have any left.