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Published October 25, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Fire Safety week


Heartland Montessori Elementary students aged 6-9 and staff enjoy a ride on a fire truck during their fire-safety day. Adults left to right: Firefighter Pauline Williams, Elementary Guide Kate Goar, Head of School Valerie Sowa and firefighter Bill Cernohous.


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  • Heartland Montessori Elementary students aged 6-9 and staff enjoy a ride on a fire truck during their fire-safety day. Adults left to right: Firefighter Pauline Williams, Elementary Guide Kate Goar, Head of School Valerie Sowa and firefighter Bill Cernohous. <br /><br /><br />Submitted photo<br />
  • Kids listen intently to firefighter Scott Gavin after they tour the fire-safety house at school. Gavin instructed kids that they should exit the house, get to their safe-meeting place and never, under any circumstances, go back into a house or other structure that is burning or smoking. <br /><br /><br />Debbie Griffin photos<br />
  • Fire Safety program coordinator Pauline Williams prepares school kids for their tour through the Fire Department’s Fire Safety House.
  • Memphis LaBore sprints away from the fire-safety house at Westside Elementary after completing the drill of escaping from a second-story window and climbing down a ladder with help from firefighters Bill Lubich (left) and Bill Cernohous.
  • Each year the Fire Department comes to each elementary school and conducts a fire-safety program for the kids. While it involves a different kind of education for each grade, kids in 2nd and 3rd grade take a tour through the fire-safety house, which emits fake smoke and where they learn safe-kitchen tips.