Firefighters spend the day at Washington-Monroe School

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[October 24, 2012]     Send a link to a friend

Last year Lincoln Daily News learned that the Lincoln Fire Department gives the children this valuable training on a very meager budget. Because the department doesn't have a lot of money to work with on this program, they had nothing to offer children as a fun, take-home, educational tool.

LDN worked with the department to put together an educational coloring book that could be given to the children. LDN provided the design, and the book was printed by Brickey Photography in Lincoln. The project was funded through some very generous sponsorships from local businesses. Thus, when all was said and done, LDN, on behalf of itself and other Lincoln businesses, was able to give coloring books to the fire department free of charge, which the department in turn has been able to give to all the children from kindergarten through third grade in all of the local schools.

Pictures by Nila Smith

Tripplett explains the book to the kids, telling them he wants them to take it home and use it as a tool to show mom and dad things they should know about fire safety.

He showed them the book has pages that provide important information and pages that can also be colored to their liking.

 

The last activity in the classroom was to watch the firefighter put on his gear.

Firefighter Kendall Fitzpatrick showed the kids how he puts on his firefighting uniform

 

He donned boots and pants, coat, and his oxygen tank.

He showed them how he puts on his oxygen mask.

 

 

He and Tripplett also talked about how the oxygen makes strange noises and also alters the firefighter's voice.

 

 

The kids were very attentive throughout the lessons. When the firefighters were all finished, Ms. Elsas and her class settled in to spending the rest of the day on their regular schoolwork.

 

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