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The
Survival Kids series of life safety survival skill lessons are designed to
provide the children of Maumelle with information to survive an emergency.
The program, which completed its seventh year in May 2008, is coordinated
by Capt. Tim Bullard and Firefighter Dustin Jaco. The program is taught to
all of the fourth graders at Pine
Forest Elementary School in Maumelle and at Immaculate Heart of Mary
School in the Marche community.
Survival Kids was originally developed by the
Boone County, Missouri Fire
Protection District in 1994. In 2001, it was implemented in Maumelle
with the blessings of former Pine Forest Principal Mary Ask. Participating
teachers during the 2007-08 school year were Brenda Brooks, Fred Patton and
Kim Wickliffe at Pine Forest and Denise Ralls at Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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Survival Kids
steps beyond the traditional education topics of the fire service -- fire
and burn prevention. While Survival Kids does include those topics among
the seven lessons presented each year, it also includes such topics as bicycle
safety, stranger danger & severe weather safety. Survival Kids begins
each year in October and continues with one lesson each month until April.
The students are challenged with interesting class work in lessons based
in English, science, math & history.
In early May 2008, the students in the 2007-08 program completed a final
exam that measured their knowledge in all seven Survival Kids topics. Students
who passed all seven topics were given the honorary rank of fire chief. Students
passing six of the seven topics were assigned the rank of assistant chief.
Of the approximately 100 students participating, three scored perfect on
the entire test. These students included Parker Forehand and Stacy Orton
at Pine Forest Elementary and Gregory Houser of Immaculate Heart of
Mary.
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Gregory Houser
IHM Perfect-Score Fire Chief |
Parker Forehand
& Stacy Orton
Pine Forest Perfect-Score Fire Chiefs |
Survival Kids
Assembly at Pine Forest Elementary
2007-08 Immaculate
Heart of Mary Participating Students
Captain Bullard, with assistance from Firefighter Scott Eaton, explains the
basics of
fire behavior to Ms. Carla Norman's fourth grade class at Pine Forest Elementary
School.
L E S S S O N
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| October |
Fire
Behavior |
(Science) |
| November |
Harry
Houdini Escape Planning |
(Science) |
| December |
Personal
Safety & Strangers |
(English) |
| January |
Calling
For Help |
(History/English) |
| February |
Burn
Prevention |
(Science) |
| March |
Bicycle,
Roller-Blade and Scooter Safety |
(English) |
| April |
Severe
Weather |
(Science) |
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