Fighting fire before third period

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Assistant Fire Chief Ernie Paar lets Caleb Freeman see how it feels behind the wheel of a Brazil Fire Department truck while Chief Joe Bennett and Freeman's classmates look on Monday afternoon at the LEAAP Center, 501 E. Jackson St. Each of the pre-kindergarten students were given the chance to sit in the driver's seat and learn about being a fireman as part of Fire Prevention Week. Bennett says that kids will be coming to the fire station and firemen will be visiting the local elementary schools all week. He estimates that they will speak to between 500 and 1,000 students this week alone. He added that the Fire Department also does demonstrations for clubs and "anybody who wants to learn" as an "in-service" to the public.

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