Seaford Harbor Students Get Serious About Fire Safety
They practice fire safety in school with regular fire drills, and students at Seaford Harbor Elementary School are also well equipped with knowledge to keep themselves safe at home. The experts in fire prevention visited the school on Oct. 11 to share potentially life-saving tips.
More than a dozen volunteers from the Wantagh Fire Department, which serves the Seaford Harbor neighborhood, spent the morning interacting with students. During a pair of assemblies, they reviewed safety information like the importance of working smoke detectors, knowing two ways out of the house and ways to prevent fires from ever starting.
Outside, students visited the fire safety trailer, commonly known as the smokehouse. In small groups, youngsters went into small rooms that simulated a bedroom. As each room filled with fake smoke and an alarm went off, they had to crawl to door. Since it was warm to the touch, they instead had to exit through a window and helped to safety by the volunteers.
October is National Fire Prevention Month and similar safety programs are held in partnership between schools and local fire departments throughout the country.