Crime & Safety
North Strabane Fire Department: Be Our Guest
The fire department will host its first-ever open house Saturday—where residents can watch a demonstration of the 'jaws of life' and kids can run an agility test.
If you have a fire extinguisher in your home, but would have no blessed clue how to use it if a culinary mishap set your kitchen ablaze, you might want to consider heading out to North Strabane this weekend.
will be hosting an open house from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday—when residents can stop by the station to see a demonstration of how to properly extinguish a fire.
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How about a demonstration of the "jaws of life?"
Firefighters will be demonstrating how to use that equipment, as well as other rescue tools during the event, which kicks off Fire Prevention Week.
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And firefighters want you to know: The whole family is welcome.
Among the activities for the kids will be a Junior Firefighter Agility test, where youngsters as young as 5 can run a course that department members are required to complete each year.
That test will allow children to spray water out of the fire hose, carry EMT bags and drag a dummy across a finish line—all simulating efforts firefighters make on daily calls.
Refreshments will be served.
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