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Perkasie Fire Company’s
Fire Prevention
Program
Again in 2006, Safety
Officer Angela Kelly led the Department’s fire education efforts. Here are
some of the highlights for the year.
Sparky made a visit to
Pennridge’s Robert B. Deibler and Dr. Patricia A. Guth Elementary Schools
with firefighter friends and Rescue 26 during Fire Prevention Week. His
presentations reached a total of 1300 students and teachers.
Firefighters had the Fire
Education Trailer on display at Clemens Markets store in the Glenwood
Shopping Center during Fire Prevention Week handing out literature and
greeting the public.
During the pouring rain,
Fire Prevention members were at the Landis Supermarkets Perkasie Square
Shopping Center store to display fire prevention tips.
The Thursday of Fire
Prevention week, teams of firefighters hosted 32 pre-school children from
All My Children, JMJ Group, Little Peeps and the Leight House Day Care
Centers and 41 home-schooled students at the Borough Station explaining fire
safety tips to the children and adults. At the end of October, TLC Learning
Center was at the Station with 40 children to learn fire safety.
The culmination of
Department Fire Prevention efforts was held Thursday evening October 12,
2006 at an Open House at the Station at 5th & Arch Streets in
Perkasie Borough. The local Girl Scout troop cooked and served over 500 hot
dogs for the community attendees. Clemens Markets and Landis Supermarkets
donated a portion of the hot dogs and rolls, and Pennridge Beverage donated
a half-keg of Root Beer for the activities. The Tower 26 was delivered the
night before and was on display for the first time to the public.
Firefighter’s demonstrated to children how to perform safe home escapes with
the use of the Fire Safety Trailer. A fire hose line accuracy prop was
manned by Fire Education Committee members to give area youth the experience
on of flowing water. Tanker 27 (Sellersville FD) provided a portable pond
and water for Dive Rescue 63 and Marine 63 (Haycock FD) to demonstrate water
safety tips. St. Luke’s – Quakertown Hospital provided the MCI (mass
Casualty Incident) unit to demonstrate their capability to provide service
to Upper Bucks County. State Police Trooper Groman was on location with the
Rollover Car to show adults, teenagers and children the benefits of wearing
seatbelts during an accident. Rescue 26 firefighters demonstrated vehicle
rescue techniques on a vehicle donated by Thomas Wilcox Salvage. Special
Service 58 (Trumbauersville), Ladder 23 (Dublin) and Engine 27-1
(Sellersville) stood-by at the Station during the event. It is estimated
that over 1000 people attended the well planned Open house efforts by Fire
Prevention Committee members.
The Fire Safety Trailer
was on display numerous places in the Pennridge Community during the year,
such as the Dublin Community Day, Upper Bucks YMCA and Hilltown Plaza
Wal-Mart.
The success of this year’s
Fire Prevention efforts is directly due to the dedication and efforts of all
the members of the Committee. The numerous hours of planning for the Open
House brought many smiles to the Community while explaining fire safety tips
and service that this Department provides as volunteers.


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