Firefighters will this week deliver a life saving presentation
to the 1,000th child in North Somerset since the beginning of the
school year.
On Thursday crews from Avon Fire & Rescue Service will visit
children at Windwhistle Primary School in Weston-super-Mare to
deliver a Sparks presentation. The interactive demonstrations are
given by operational firefighters to Year 4 and 5 school children
to reinforce core fire safety messages in a fun way. Youngsters are
then encouraged to act as ambassadors, passing on the advice to
their parents, carers, friends and families.
Thursday’s visit by the Weston-super-Mare crew will see the
presentation given to the 1,000th child in North Somerset since the
beginning of the 2007 / 2008 academic year. Avon Fire & Rescue
Service is committed to a two year programme to ensure every eight
and nine-year-old at North Somerset primary schools receives a
Sparks visit – a target the service is well on the way to
hitting.
Watch Manager Roger Farrant, Community Safety Officer at
Weston-super-Mare Fire Station, said: “The best way for us to stop
children and their families getting injured in fires in the home is
for us to provide education to prevent fires happening in the first
place. The Sparks presentations are informative, great fun for the
children and a good opportunity for them to meet the firefighters
that work in their community.
“I’m sure that every one of the 1,000 children in North Somerset
that have seen the Sparks presentation this year will have gone
away with a far better awareness of basic fire safety.”