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New Resources Allow Kids to “Ask a Firefighter,” Connect Public Educators
Firefighter and Public Fire and Life Safety Educator Dayna Hilton hosts two new interactive resources to help promote fire safety and education. Ask a Firefighter allows children to submit questions and get responses from firefighters across the nation. Firesafetyeducator.com is a blog that provides fire and life safety educators a venue to share ideas with each other.
Firefighters and children from across the United States are invited to participate in the Ask a Firefighter program. The program helps promote fire safety, shares information about fire departments and firefighters, and strives to build relationships within fire departments and communities nationwide.
“This program is a great opportunity for fire departments to reach a broader audience with their fire safety message, thus helping save lives,” said Hilton. “Children spend a great deal of time on the Internet and the askafirefighter.net web site offers a chance to learn more about firefighters and the fire service.”
Children can submit questions via video or email to the askafirefighter.net web site. One fire department is selected from a list of participating departments to respond to each child’s question. Fire departments answer the question within two days by video to the askafirefighter.net web site.
The second resource, firesafetyeducator.com, invites fire departments and other safety-related organizations to share fire and life safety ideas and initiatives as well as upcoming events. The interactive site allows educators the opportunity to learn ideas from their peers and share videos, pictures and/or stories.
To participate in or learn more about these two initiatives, visit www.askafirefighter.net, www.firesafetyeducator.com, or email Hilton at daynark@gmail.com.
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