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Stadium Drive students learn about fire safety
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Capt. Patrick Romeo (left), Boardman Fire Department, helped Stadium Drive first-grader Lyna Le climb out a window during a fire safety drill. All students had to escape the smokey room through the window.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .During fire safety training Oct. 7, Stadium Drive Elementary first-graders got close to the floor and crawled to the door to test it for heat as smoke filled the room. Since the door was warm, they exited the room through a window.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Boardman firefighter Cliff Phillips (center) showed Stadium Drive students how a thermal imaging camera works. The camera, which sees through heavy smoke, detects body heat which helps firefighters locate victims in a fire.
Members of the Boardman Fire Department visited Stadium Drive Elementary Oct. 7, along with their mobile fire safety classroom and a big red fire truck.
The firefighters enlightened first-graders on how to prevent fires and what to do if they are caught in a fire.
Capt. Patrick Romeo said fire safety and prevention is important to everyone, not just young students.
“We want to teach them the right things before they learn the wrong things,” Romeo said.
First-grader Karlynn Riccitelli liked climbing out the window during the fire safety drill, although she doesn’t want to ever have to climb out of her own.
An aspect of the training she will never forget deals with one of the most important necessities of life — breathing.
“Bad air is up above and the good air is down below,” Riccitelli said. “That’s why you crawl on the floor.”