Kinston Department of Fire and Rescue to hold Annual National Fire Safety Week Open House
Kinston Department of Fire and Rescue would like to send a formal invitation to each media outlet to come and see our Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Graders from the entire county during the week from October 10th through October 14th, each day from 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM. This year is a special treat for us, because each and every Elementary School, Public and Private, will be attending at some point throughout the week. This will be the biggest number we have ever hosted. A whopping 1101 Students. The kids always have an absolute blast while learning all about Fire Safety. We have 10 learning stations that the children come and visit. Each learning station is 10 minutes long and each group of kids switch out to the next until all 10 stations have been visited.
Learning Station 1: The Puppet Stage
Learning Station 2: Popcorn (provided by Premier Theater) and Kool-Aid (provided and served by Servpro)
Learning Station 3: Stop Drop and Roll/Stay Low and Go
Learning Station 4: The Inflatable Fire Safety House
Learning Station 5: Meet the Firefighters (Donning and Doffing their Gear)
Learning Station 6: Meet the Kinston Police/Lenoir County Sheriff's Office
Learning Station 7: Meet the Lenoir County Emergency Medical Service Paramedics
Learning Station 8: See the Truck Company and Tools
Learning Station 9: Meet the Lenoir County Forestry Service
Learning Station 10: Spray the Fire Hose
School Attendance Schedule:
Monday, October 10, 2022 we will host Southeast Elementary Pre-School, Pink Hill Elementary School and Hope Preparatory Schools Kindergarten Classes to total 57 Students for the day.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 we will host Northwest Elementary School's Kindergarten and First Grade Classes, along with Northeast Elementary School's Kindergarten Classes to total 237 Students for the day.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 we will host Northeast Elementary School's First Grade Classes and EC Students, along with Parrott Academy's Kindergarten Classes and Bethel Christian Academy's Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Grade Classes to total 229 Students for the day.
Thursday, October 13, 2022 we will host Southwood Elementary School's Kindergarten and First Grade Classes, along with Banks Elementary School's Kindergarten Classes and Contentea- Savannah
Elementary School's Kindergarten and First Grade Classes for a total of 326 Students for the day. This is our biggest day of the season.
Friday, October 14, 2022 we will host Moss Hill Elementary School's Kindergarten and First Grade Classes, along with Banks Elementary School's First Grade Classes and Pink Hill Elementary School's First Grade Classes for a total of 256 Students for the day.
Please come out and see how much FUN the Kids of our City and County have, while learning important Fire Safety. I look forward to seeing each of you here.
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