Fire Safety Smarts for B-BP Elementary Students

In celebration of fire prevention month, elementary students throughout the Bayport-Blue Point School District had the chance to learn about and practice important fire safety procedures this October.

Throughout the month, Academy Street and Sylvan Avenue kindergartners walked to the Bayport Fire Department while Blue Point elementary students visited the Blue Point Fire Department. In turn members of the Bayport Fire Department conducted in-school assembly programs for additional grades at Academy and Sylvan.

During the programs, firefighters spoke with the students about different pieces of equipment, the importance of a family emergency evacuation plan, checking fire alarms and the proper ways to react in the case of an emergency. Additionally, students were invited to take an up-close look at the trucks and several teachers climbed into the bucket of a ladder truck and were hoisted into the air to demonstrate how the volunteers can reach even the tallest buildings.

Photo provided by the Bayport-Blue Point School District: Academy Elementary School students took an up-close look at a fire truck when the Bayport Fire Department visited the school.