PUBLIC EDUCATION
Prepared and
Submitted By
FF/Paramedic, Peter
Armstrong Public Education Coordinator
We have continued to
present our Public Education Program to various residents throughout the
town. Once again this year we continued our programs main goal in reaching all
students in grades K and 1. With help from local business we were able to once
again run our Annual Open House. Through grant funding the fire department was
able to buy a fire extinguisher training simulator that will help the fire
department train local business and others in town on the proper use of fire
extinguishers. We will also continue to assist other departments in town with
fire safety programs as requested.
This year we presented
our programs to the following:
Kindergarten and
Grade1
800 students
Fire Department Open
House 1100
Fire Station Visits (Day
Cares, Pre-Schools, and other groups) 1000
Health Fair /
Other
200
Once again this year we
will reach over 3,000 people. Our hope is that the State will find a way to once
again fund the program and help us teach the citizens of Walpole fire safety for
many years to come.
I would like once again
to thank the Walpole Permanent Firefighters Local 2464 for their generous
donation of 500 t-shirts for all the grade 1 students for the 5th
straight year.
Presently our Public
Education Team consists of the following firefighters: FF Peter Armstrong,
SAFE/Public Education Coordinator, FF’S Paul Barry, Brian Cherella and Walter
Lind
