Chase Volunteer Firefighters were busy last week, training some of the village’s future crew members.
In an attempt to educate some of the local children on fire safety and the importance of knowing “two ways out,” the department hosted two events focusing on the students at Haldane Elementary.
Chase Fire Chief, Brent Chamberlain explains that in years past the hall would host only their annual Fire Chief For a Day event.
This gave the local firefighters a chance to bring two children from each class from kindergarten to Grade 3.
The event had proven to be such a success that the local firefighters have since added a second event which focuses on students in grades four to seven.
In both cases the students were picked up at the school in the fire and rescue trucks and then brought to the hall where they were able to try on gear, meet some of the local volunteer firefighters and get a tour of the hall.
Some of the Haldane students were able to watch a video on fire safety, as well as learn how to run a hose and how a firefighter properly enters into a confined space during a fire.
Wide-eyed students watched closely as they were shown just how high the ladder truck could go, as well as what the many tools inside the fire trucks were used for.
The students finished off their day by eating a lunch with their local firefighters before being brought back to their classes, once again by fire truck.
