NORTH READING — Chief Don Stats is pleased to report that members of the North Reading Fire Department provided a Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) program to third graders at the E. Ethel Little Elementary School on Tuesday.
The SAFE program teaches fire and life safety to children. The program teaches students to recognize the dangers of fire and the fire hazards of tobacco products through 23 key fire safety behaviors taught in developmentally appropriate ways.
On Tuesday, Firefighters Tyler Samost and Adam Salemme guided third-grade students through several lessons and then had them go through the North Reading Fire Department Fire Safety House, which simulates fire conditions to help students learn how to escape a structure in the event of a fire.
The average annual number of fire deaths of children under age 18 has fallen by 78% since SAFE began in the fall of 1995.
“The SAFE House is a great way for children to practice the skills they will need if they ever have to escape a fire, and the SAFE Program has saved dozens of lives over the course of its existence,” said Chief Stats. “I’m pleased that Firefighters Samost and Salemme were able to provide this program, and I thank them both for their work, as I thank the faculty and staff at the Little School for helping to facilitate this.”
For more information on the SAFE program, visit: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/student-awareness-of-fire-education-safe.
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