Students le arn fire safety Meet

Smokey and Sparky

Article and photo by Ethan Nahté

The Mena Fire Department visited pre-K-second grade students at Louise Durham Elementary last Thursday, and also visited the Cossatot River Primary School in Vandervoort this week to talk fire safety.

The presentation included a short interactive participation on how to stop, drop and roll. film about campfire safety, a question-and-answer session with a fireman, a demonstration of firefighters putting on their firefighting gear and walking about the room to show that they aren’t scary… even if they do sound a bit like Darth Vader, and some

Then the students got to go out a classroom at a time to see a pumper truck, some of the equipment firefighters use, and to get their class photo taken with Smokey Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog as in the accompanying photo.

Last week was also National Fire Prevention Week. The schools had acquired educational materials in advance of the department’s arrival. Many of the children did an excellent job knowing the answers to all the questions the firefighters asked.

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