Bella Vista Fire Department

The Fire Department was invited to visit the Cooper Elementary School in Bella Vista to share personal safety tips with the student body. The Gravette Fire Department was kind to loan their smoke education trailer for the kids to practice drills in. They learned about finding accessible points of egress and planning a safe escape from their home during a fire. They also learned the importance of checking doors for heat before opening them and how to stay low to the ground to help avoid smoke inhalation and burns.

The Bella Vista Fire Dept training team spent time showing off various pieces of fire equipment and truck apparatus to the kids. The children also had fun trying-on the various pieces of protective clothing that firefighters wear during their emergency calls.
(Photos courtesy of Gaynell Belloni of The Weekly Vista and T. McLaughlin.)

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