| Volunteer members of the Sayville Fire Department were very busy teaching fire prevention and household safety from the beginning of October until early November. Every year resources are gathered to meet the requests for fire prevention training for preschools, daycares and elementary schools in Sayville. Training sessions for groups of all sizes were offered at the firehouse and schools. In addition, the Sayville Fire Department held an all-day fire prevention event at Sayville's Fall Festival, where families were taught home and fire safety, received safety literature and participated in other fun activities.
Children had an opportunity to sit in the trucks and shoot water from a real fire hose. They also got down to more serious business and saw what it's like when a fully geared firefighter does a search for a person so that they are not fearful of a firefighter's scary sights and sounds in the event of an emergency. Some of the safety issues taught included smoke detectors, plan of escape, dialing 911 for help, how to "stop, drop and roll", "stay low and go", "get out and stay out" and "hide and go outside".
For those local children who came to the firehouse, they had a special opportunity to go through a "Safety House" made just for them for the purpose of fire and home safety training. Children were given safety talks specific to each of the three rooms in the trailer&the kitchen, family room and bedroom. This "Safety House" also has the ability to simulate a smoky condition in two rooms, where children are taught to feel the door before they open it and to "stay low and go".
The Sayville Fire Department volunteers hundreds of hours each year to teaching fire prevention to the community. They feel that their aggressive community outreach efforts have a direct impact on increased fire safety in Sayville. Visit sayvillefd.org for lots of safety information. |
