| Companies from Newburg Rescue Squad and Volunteer Fire Department, Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department and EMS and Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department held Fire Prevention Day at Dr. Higdon Elementary School. The day started at 9:15 a.m. with the students and teachers getting welcomed by Vice President Chuck Shaw, who went over and asked the students various questions about fire prevention. This year Fire Prevention was about how to protect your family from fire.
The students had various stations to visit:
911 Phone Simulator
Stop Drop and Roll
Smoke House
Crawl low in smoke
EDITH (Exit Drill In The Home)
A Firefighter putting his gear on to show the kids that he is not a monster and if they see a firefighter they are to call out to them and not hide.
The students after visiting the stations would go outside to look at and climb on the fire apparatus on display from the three departments. Also the kids were treated to a puppet show during their lunch time where the puppets Jerry and Terry talked to the students on ways to protect their family from fire. The students were then tasked with writing a story on how to Protect Their Family From Fire. Once completed the students were to turn the stories into their teachers so they can be judged and the winners of the stories will then be treated to a surprise from the three departments.
The three departments every year join together in this special project for Fire Prevention and then document their day, to be turned into the Maryland State Fireman's Association Fire Prevention Committee. This committee judges departments from all over the state on how well their Fire Prevention initiative goes. For the past several years these three departments have won First Place in the State for their entry. |
