October 2006 - Fire Safety Month

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We went to a couple of fire safety events this year.

First, we attended for the first time an annual Fire Truck Parade in Eggleston Township which is over by our church. The parade itself was short, so we saw it at the beginning of the parade route and then moved to a different location at the end of the route to see it again. After the parade, all of the trucks were on display at the fire station for the kids to explore and climb on.

Then, on Saturday they had an annual fire safety event in for the townships of Chester, Moorland and Ravenna at the Ravenna High School. We were really excited because they were going to have a visit from AeroMed. However, when AeroMed was 3 minutes away it got called away to a bad accident in Conklin. Right after that, one of the fire trucks and one of the ambulances had to leave for the same call. We weren't able to stay and see if AeroMed got to come later because it was too COLD!!!! We did however, get to take Nicholas and Gabrielle into the fire safety house where they were taught to spot fire hazards in the house, and then they filled the bedroom with smoke and we had to crawl out the window and down the ladder to a waiting firefighter, and meet each other at a designated meeting spot where they could then practice calling 911.