| Fire Safety Day at Bowler Elementary | |||
| By Cyndi Goodrich Moapa Valley Progress Published Oct. 28, 2009 “Does your nose work when you’re sleeping?” Firefighters say, “No. That is why you have fire alarms in your home”. This and many other facts relating to fires and fire safety were presented to kids on Fire Safety Day at Bowler Elementary School held on Friday, October 23. Firefighters at the Logandale Fire Station put on this activity to teach kids how to be safe with |
 Logandale Fire Department volunteer Don DeCaria demonstrates fire fighting equipment to students at Grant Bowler Elementary Fire Safety Day. |
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| fires and what to do in cases where they are in danger concerning fires. Eight different areas were set up to teach and share a different safety feature.
Fire Ranger Johnson and Smokey the Bear were on hand from Mt. Charleston to talk to the kids about being safe with camp fires. The children were not only told how to take care of fires, they were shown. Kids giggled as Ranger Johnson pretended to be a tree that was too close to the fire. “Is this safe?” he asked. “NO!” shouted the children. In another area, beds were set up to have kids try first-hand what they need to do if they wake up to smoke and fire alarms. Because smoke rises, kids were taught to crawl, touch the door before you open it and how to escape from a window. The children also practiced Stop, Drop and Roll. Also discussed was when it’s okay and how to dial 911. |
