Friday, November 18, 2016
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Cardinal Joint Fire District firefighter Derek Sullivan explained the department’s ladder truck’s equipment to the Hilltop Elementary School second-grade students and showed them the tools firefighters use as a part of Fire Safety Week on Oct. 12.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Cardinal Joint Fire District Firefighter Dom Reinthaler gave Hilltop Elementary School students a thrill when he climbed the fully extended ladder on the fire truck parked in back of the school as a part of Fire Safety Week on Oct. 12.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Cardinal Joint Fire District firefighter/paramedic Ted Smith showed Hilltop Elementary School second-grade students the department’s Fire Safety House as a part of Fire Safety Week on Oct. 12.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Cardinal Joint Fire District Deputy Chief Matt Rarick (right) asked second-grade Hilltop Elementary School students questions during a Fire Safety Quiz Show as a part of Fire Safety Week on Oct. 12.
By ABBY SLANKER
To celebrate Fire Safety Week, students at Hilltop Elementary School received a visit from members of the Cardinal Joint Fire District on Oct. 12. The firemen educated the students about fire safety and presented fire safety tips to students by performing a Fire Safety Quiz Show for each grade level.
A group of students were chosen from each class and Deputy Chief Matt Rarick asked the four teams questions ‘game show style’ and the students had to buzz in first to answer the questions. To help the younger students, a member of the Cardinal Joint Fire District joined each team.
Rarick asked the students such questions as, “After leaving your house because of a fire, where do you go?” and “When you hear the smoke detector beep, what should you do?”
After five rounds of questions, a winning class was declared, which received a special prize. All other students received helmets, stickers and coloring books compliments of the fire department.
After the Fire Safety Quiz Show, the firefighters invited the children outside to check out the Fire Safety House and the ladder fire truck parked in back of the school.
Firefighter/paramedic Ted Smith explained to the students how the Fire Safety House is just like their house and how to exit if there is a fire. He then led them through the house, practicing crawling on the ground until they could exit the house safely.
Firefighter Derek Sullivan explained the truck’s equipment to the students and showed them the tools firefighters use when fighting fires.
“You are welcome to stop out at our station anytime. We are always there, every single day of the year. We have our ladder truck here today, but we have all different kinds of trucks there you can check out,” Sullivan said.
As part of the presentation, firefighter Dom Reinthaler gave the students a thrill when he climbed the fully extended ladder on the truck and waved to them from the very top of the ladder.