Nine Morton 709 School District classes will learn about fire safety in Fire Prevention Month.

October is National Fire Prevention Month, so the American Red Cross and Menold Construction and Restoration are bringing fire safety education to nine first grade classes in Morton.

On October 6, 2011 from 9:30am to 2:30pm, classes will visit the Central Illinois Fire Safety House which will be located at Menold Construction and Restoration on the corner of Jefferson and Detroit in Morton. This educational experience teaches children what to do to prevent and how to respond in a fire.

“Classes enter the fire safety house and see a simulated kitchen and bedroom. As smoke fills the room, children crawl low under the smoke and ‘escape’ the house through a window,” says Ashley Bauer, Emergency Services Education Coordinator. “It is a memorable experience for anyone who visits the fire safety house, and it may very well save lives.”

That evening, there will be a family open house that focuses on preparedness.

The event will feature:
•Free food – Pulled pork and hot dogs
•Central Illinois Fire Safety House
•OSF Life Flight
•CPR/AED demonstrations by local EMTs
•Morton Police Department will be on scene to give sobriety tests to participants wearing fatal vision goggles
•Illinois State Police will recreate a rollover car crash with the “Rollover” simulator
•Henry’s Kitchen and the Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle will be on site for tours! (disaster permitting)
•Red Cross hygiene education games for kids
•Games and Red Cross puppet shows for the kids

Event details:
Place: Menold Construction and Restoration located at 880 W. Jefferson St. in Morton, IL
Date/Time: 4pm to 8pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011