Today's Austintown Block Watch party featured emergency vehicles
AUSTINTOWN
Kids ran from emergency vehicle to emergency vehicle, excited to learn more about them.
Firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians were on hand at the fourth annual Austintown Wickliffe Block Watch block party to explain how the vehicles work.
Thomas Mossor said he supports the block watch’s efforts.
“It’s better to be involved than set everything off to the side and say, ‘Oh, don’t worry about it,’” he said.
Copper pipes have been stolen from homes in the area, he noted.
“We prefer to help the police and the fire departments and do everything we can,” he said.
The goal of the event is to raise awareness about the block watch, said Shawne Wilfong, one of the block- watch captains.
“We invite not only the residents of the Wickliffe area, but anybody in Austintown that wants to come, so they know we’re here, because a lot of people don’t know that there’s a block watch,” Wilfong said.
Read more about the event in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.