Schuyler Hose Teaches Fire Safety Lessons

Schuyler Hose Company firefighters provided fire and summer safety lessons to two groups of Schuylerville Central School students as part of the ongoing Community Safety Program.

On June 19th, Ms. Hagglove's high school class toured SHC to learn about the services provided by the fire company and see the various fire apparatus.  Past Chief Ray Zerwick and Asst. Chief Richard Drew explained about the procedures from when an emergency call is received by Saratoga County fire dispatchers and relayed to SHC along with the uses of the various fire apparatus housed in the station and ready to respond in the case of emergency.  With the assistance of firefighters Matt Derway and Matt Varner, Asst. Chief Drew continued the discussion of the readiness of firefighters and what protective gear they must wear while operating at an emergency scene .  Safety Officer Richard Behrens then taught a lesson about how to be safe during summer activities of swimming, boating, biking and skate boarding, enjoying camp fires and riding in vehicles.  Firefighter Frank Merrill then taught a lesson about how to safely get out of a house on fire and about how fires are put out.

On June 20th Asst. Chief Drew along with firefighters Colton Barber, Matt Derway, Frank Merrill and Matt Varner went to Schuylerville Elementary School to provide similar lessons to four of the Grade Five classes.  The lessons included firefighter turnout gear and their uses, exit drills in the home, safe summer activities and the science involved in fighting fires.  Over 100 students participated in all of the lessons presented.

Schuyler Hose looks forward to sharing many more safety lessons with all of the students at Schuylerville Elementary School in the fall of the 2008-2009 school year.