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Fog/Mist EMFD teaches fire prevention at Barnum Woods
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Firefighters crawl through a flaming home, feeling the area around them to search for anyone who may be trapped inside. Kurt Becker, Matt Hermann and Chris Czarnecki, all of the East Meadow Fire Department, displayed the method at a fire prevention program at Barnum Woods Elementary School on Oct. 12.
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Robin Fitzpatrick, a fire medic with EMFD Rescue Company 5, showed fourth and fifth-grade students how she uses a nebulizer to treat victims of smoke inhalation.
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Zach Ludewig, a member of the EMFD, showed fourth and fifth-grade students a Halligan bar, which is used to wrench open a door in the case of an emergency.
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EMFD Ex-Captain Marty Sisca taught children the importance of designating a meeting place with their family in the case of a house fire.
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Members of the East Meadow Fire Department crawled into the lunchroom at Barnum Woods Elementary School in East Meadow to demonstrate how firefighters excavate a house on fire in search of anyone who may be trapped inside. The presentation was one of many at the school’s annual fire prevention program on Oct. 12.
EMFD Ex-Captain Marty Sisca taught children key fire prevention tips, such as designating a family meeting place outside of their home in the case of a fire. Students also learned how to exit their room through their window if the heat is too close to their door.
The fire department also held its open house last weekend for families to see what it has to offer and children to walk trough a fire simulator and meet Smokey the Bear.
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