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Tragically, young children die each year in home fires attempting to hide
from the fire and smoke. Firefighters find children in closets, under beds
and in corners. Studies have shown that if we teach fire safety lessons to
pre-kindergarten children, it creates a bigger impact and they bring these
valuable lessons home to their families.
On May 14, 2011, The Fire Prevention Association of Nevada (FPAN)
conducted a Sesame Street “Train the Trainer” workshop for 80 attendees at
the Summerlin Library Theatre. The training focused on how to teach fire
safety to pre-school age children in the longest running Sesame Street
Fire Safety Education program in the country.
The fire safety workshop was offered to early childhood development
teachers, preschool teachers, and child care providers. Fire safety
behaviors were taught utilizing Sesame Street character puppets and drama
students from Harney Middle School. The students played both teacher and
pre-school toddlers providing innovative musical themes, for pre-school-age
fire & life safety lessons.
FPAN received great evaluations by the attendees and FPAN was also able to
honor 2 “Fire Safety Heroes”, Kisha Gray from
Keys Kids Childcare and Tami Campbell
from TLC4Kidz Family Home Care for successfully
completing their master record sheets for 2010.
Serving on the E-board
committee from Clark County Fire Department (CCFD) were Deputy Fire
Marshal Kay Eggers, Fire Inspector Steve Dieter, and Fire Inspector Sylvia
Lee. Fire Inspector Judy Gibson ran registration and Fire Inspector Mike
Stafford volunteered his time the day of the event. Serving from Las
Vegas Fire and Rescue (LVFR) were Public Education/Public Information
Officer, Tim Szymanski, Fire Inspector Norm Peterson and Fire Inspector
Reginald McCollins. Fire Inspector Mike Svoboda volunteered his time the
day of the event. Serving from North Las Vegas Fire Department was Public
Education Specialist, Bev Bolton. Also serving on the E-board committee
were Teresa Jackson, Director of Business Development with Certified Fire,
Charlotte Hansen and Nicole Nichol with the State of Nevada Bureau of
Services for Child Care.
2012 details coming soon!
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