Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Smokey the Bear visits Copper School

On Tuesday February 26, 2013 representatives from the US Forest Service and CALFIRE visited multiple classrooms at Copperopolis Elementary to teach fire safety and introduce their good friend Smokey the Bear.

The children were taught to stop, drop and roll if they or their clothing ever caught fire, they were taught never to play with matches, lighters or fire, and were walked through the importance of a 911 call. The older classrooms were invited to participate in an interactive 911 call whereby a child would make a call to 911 and a virtual dispatcher would respond walking through the necessary steps to complete a 911 call, most importantly to stay on the line, because as the child was talking to the dispatcher she was simultaneously dispatching emergency personnel to the scene. Each grade level received age appropriate instruction and activity books.

Don't play with matches, lighters or fire...
 Awaiting Smokey and then ....hes HERE!!!