[cinematic, slow-paced music plays in the background as title card appears on-screen saying “SMOKING DURING THE HOLIDAYS”]
Jamie Kovacs: It's not going to happen to you? Okay. Have you ever driven down the road and thought, I'll never fall asleep while I'm driving, and you have those 2 or 3 heavy blinks? That's all it takes when you're sitting in your chair to drop that cigarette.
[video clip of Jamie standing in front of red fire truck, walking in slow-motion towards the camera, then smiling.]
My name is Jamie Kovacs, and I’m a Volunteer Firefighter here in Central Elgin at Union Station.
[video clip of close-up of someone smoking, then grass fires, then lbirds-eye view of a arge field fire, then a close-up of a field fire, ]
Jamie: I see cigarette butts being thrown out, windows starting grass fires in the ditch that spread to fields.
[video clip of of close-up of cigarette and ashes spread on surface, then Jamie putting on bunker gear between 2 fire trucks, then Jamie putting on his bunker jacket, then Jamie closing the driver side door of a red fire truck, wearing full fire fighter outfit..]
Jamie: I've seen cases where the cigarette has dropped out of somebody's hands and started a fire on a carpet. I've got statistics galore that it's full of people that passed away that thought it wasn't me.
I need you to wake up and realize that's how easy it can be you. If you're going to have a holiday celebration, you're going to have people over.
It's one thing to say, look, I'm just going to send them outside to smoke.
[video clip of cigarettes being put out in ashtray,]
Jamie: Make sure they have ashtrays. Make sure they have some cans of water. Something to dispose of, that little bit of fire.
It can happen to anybody.
[video clip of close-up of Jamie smiling and talking outside near fire trucks, video fades to black.]
[Title card appears with text that says “A message from the Office of the Fire Marshal and our partners in fire safety. Underneath there are five logos belonging to: The Office of the Fire Marshal, the Ontario Association of Fire Educators, the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, the Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Association, and the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council.]