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Approximately 44 children and 32 adults attended the July 13, 2011 Summer Reading Program at the J. Joel Edwards Library. This program was presented by Pike County Emergency Services (PCES). Firefighters Brian Michel, Cliff Grant, Ryan Reeves, Jerid Fielder and Billy Payton were on hand to meet kids and parents at this program.
Kids watched a Buzzly video and reviewed some catchy phrases to help them remember what to do in a fire. Don't hide-go outside. Get out and stay out. Fall and crawl. Go to your safe meeting place. Call 911 for an emergency. They even got to see what a firefighter looks like and let them hear what it sounds like when a firefighter talks during a fire when Jerid Fielder put on the firefighter uniform.
Parents and children even got a first-hand look at the new Scott Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) with a Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) device that PCES recently purchased. The PASS device emitted a loud sound every time firefighter Fielder stood still for 30 seconds at a time. Click here to read more about this new equipment.
This experience was important to teach children what help looks and sounds like when firefighters enter a house to save them in a fire.
Children got to see a fire truck and go through the smoke house to experience what it might be like in a real fire too. Teaching kids what to expect in a fire and how to react could save their life one day.
Thanks to PCES and our volunteer firefighters Brian Michel, Cliff Grant, Ryan Reeves, Jerid Fielder and Billy Payton for taking the time to teach kids (and adults!) these life-saving skills.