The Atlantic Fire Department reports there is a change in Fire Prevention Week activities. The department will not be holding the annual pancake breakfast as was previously reported. Fire Chief Tom Cappel says “it was our initial hope that we could still hold the breakfast and do so in a way we could still be in compliance with COVID best practices. However, after much discussion and planning, and the ongoing high numbers of cases, we don’t believe it’s possible. Our mission is to protect the public and first responders, so we will postpone the breakfast and hope to hold one early next year.”

The breakfast raises funds for the annual fire prevention parade and fire prevention activities in the community. This year’s parade was cancelled earlier due to COVID issues. The department will still be doing fire prevention activities on a modified basis with the local schools and daycare’s.