Youth take part in annual fire safety education program

by Staff Star Herald
14 years ago

Youth take part in annual fire safety education program

Photos courtesy of Adam Rider

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PINE STREET STUDENTS took part in the Fire Prevention Contest sponsored by the Presque Isle Fire Department and Maine Mutual Group Ins. Co. as part of Fire Safety Week in October. MMG purchased the T-shirts for the contest. The Classroom contest winners each received a free smoke detector and a T-shirt. An overall winner was picked from each of the schools and they received a ride to school in a fire truck. Classroom winners from Pine Street include, pictured from left, front row: Hannah Cibic, Garrett LeTourneau, Aiden Rossignol and Sophie Lee. Middle row: Firefighter Ryan Sylvia, Angel Bubar, Hailey Rouse, Matthew Hart, Allison Gardiner, Isabella Keegan, Abigale Bugbee and Dominic Madore-York. Back row: Sidney Smith, Zoe Plummer, Mia Casavant and Matthew Butler.
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HANNAH CIBIC, pictured with her mother Shannon Cibic, was the overall winner of Fire Safety Week activities at Pine Street Elementary School in Presque Isle, which earned her a ride to school in a fire truck. EMMA BOUCHARD was the overall winner of Fire Safety Week activities at Zippel Elementary School, earning a ride to school in a fire truck recently. Pictured are Bouchard and Firefighter B.J. Estey, of the Presque Isle Fire Department.
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STUDENTS in the afternoon classes for Presque Isle’s Pre-K program participated in this year’s Fire Prevention Contest. Winning smoke detectors were, from left: Courtney Gilbert and Katelyn Buck. Presque Isle Pre-K students in the morning classes participated in the annual Fire Prevention Contest. Winning smoke detectors were, from left: Alivia Smart and Jayden Harvell.
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RIDING IN A FIRE TRUCK was the prize for the top students in the Fire Safety Week contest. Pictured with Sparky the Fire Dog are the winners at Mapleton Elementary School, from left, Luke Mitchell and Morgan Seward. Afternoon Kindergarten Winners at Pine Street Elementary School included, from left: Gavin Bernard, Karlyn Gilmour, Josiah Kierstead, with Dep. Chief Adam Rider, PIFD. Students took part the Fire Prevention Contest as part of Fire Safety Week activities in October.