Kids learn fire safety at Plains Fire Department
Plains Fire Chief Anthony Young helps 5-year-olds Stetson and Garrett as they shoot water toward a wooden target during a fire safety presentation this past week for K-4 students at Plains School. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Fourth-grader Cooper Strowbridge show proper form in the "stop, drop and roll" portion of the Plains Fire Department safety presentation last week in Plains. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Plains Fire Chief Anthony Young demonstrates the "two-minute" drill used to help firefighters quickly don their gear as they prepare to head out to battle a local fire. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
If you squint hard and maybe stick your tongue out of the side of your mouth it makes it easier to hold on to the high pressure fire hose and direct its powerful spray of water toward the simulated flames of the target.
That seemed to be the consensus among the large group of K-4 grade schoolers during a fire safety demonstration and conversation last week with the Plains Fire Department and a group of wide-eyed young students...
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