Paulina Elementary School students enjoy a special visit as this year’s Firebusters grand prize winners
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative recently held the 38th Annual Firebusters Fire & Life Safety program, in partnership with NewsChannel 21, and this year's effort wrapped up with a special event Tuesday for Paulina Elementary School students.
The Firebusters program traditionally includes five 30-second fire & life safety videos targeted for students kindergarten to fifth grade throughout Central Oregon. Videos are available by watching the morning or evening news on KTVZ, on YouTube, or on the KTVZ or Co-Op websites and social media pages.
Students receive a worksheet to reinforce the lessons learned and turn it in when completed for a prize such as a free ice cream from McDonalds. At the conclusion of the program, all schools with over 50% participation are entered into a drawing to receive a Grand Prize Assembly.
This year, the program ran October 14-18. A total of 6,000 worksheets were distributed to 14 elementary schools throughout Central Oregon.
Safety topics for the program included: What to do when a smoke or carbon monoxide makes a sound, E-bike and E-scooter Safety, Making good choices, Microwave Safety and Creating Defensible Space. 9 schools had 50% or more students participate in the program to be eligible in the grand prize drawing.
Paulina Elementary in Crook County was drawn as the winner of the Grand Prize Assembly! The Co-Op held the assembly at the school on Tuesday. The event included a visit from Buster the Fire Dog, Smokey Bear, the AirLink helicopter and local emergency responder vehicles. Students also received a prize bag full of goodies, including a free Happy Meal from McDonald’s.
The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative would like to thank the following sponsors for helping to make the Firebusters program possible: KTVZ, AirLink Critical Care Transport, Central Oregon Fire Chief’s Association, McDonalds, Greenlee Roofing, Bend Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative is a group of fire and life safety educators from local fire agencies whose mission is to promote an interagency exchange of ideas and resources by actively participating through coordinated fire and life safety education programs, projects and presentations.
