Powell Butte Community Charter School wins Firebusters Grand Prize; assembly set for Tuesday
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative (Co-Op) recently held the 39th Annual Firebusters Fire & Life Safety program in partnership with KTVZ. The program traditionally includes five 30-second fire and life safety videos targeted for students from 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 & 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 6-10. Almost 12,000 worksheets were distributed to 45 elementaryschools throughout Central Oregon.
Safety topics for the program included: Rechargeable Battery Safety; Home Fire Escape Planning; Being Visible When Walking or Rolling; Calling 911; and What to Pack In a Go Bag. Twelve schools had 50% or more students participate in the program and 8 were eligible in the grand prize drawing.
Powell Butte Community Charter School in Crook County was drawn as the winner of the Grand PrizeAssembly! The Co-Op has scheduled the assembly at the school for Tuesday, December 2 from 1 to 2:30PM.
The event will include a visit from Buster the Fire Dog, Smokey Bear, the AirLink helicopter and localemergency responder vehicles. Students will also receive a prize bag full of goodies, including a freeburger from McDonald’s.
The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative would like to thank the following sponsors for helpingto make the Firebusters program possible: Central Oregon Fire Chief’s Association, Press Pros, KTVZ, AirLink Critical Care Transport, McDonalds, Greenlee Roofing, and the Oregon Department ofTransportation.
The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative is a group of fire and life safety educators from local fireagencies whose mission is to promote an interagency exchange of ideas and resources by activelyparticipating through coordinated fire and life safety education programs, projects and presentations