October is Fire Prevention Safety Month and it provides the perfect opportunity for the Coal City Fire Protection District and Coal CIty School District to team up on teaching fire safety.
Students at Coal City’s Early Childhood Center, Elementary School and Intermediate Schools will be visited by members of the Coal City Fire Department over the next few days. The firefighters will touch on various fire safety topics such as the importance of smoke detectors and having a family evacuation plan, to cooking safety—the theme of this year’s Prevention Safety Month campaign.
Fourth and fifth grade students received a visit from Lt. Josh Eddy this week and along with his helpers provided the students with information on the best way to prevent and contain a kitchen fire. The students were also able to get an up close look at some of the equipment firefighters use in their work, ask questions and take a walk through of the fire department’s ladder truck.
A visit to the early childhood center is planned for next week.