The North Greece Fire District held a fire safety poster contest for the 1st to 5th grade children in the Greece and Hilton Central Schools that are in the North Greece Fire District. The annual contest is run during Fire Prevention Week which falls early in October. Entrants must draw a poster to be judged [...]
There was a great turnout on October 10, 2010 for our Annual Open House during Fire Prevention Week. Thanks to all who came and helped make this a great event!
Did you know that alcohol is the number one drug of choice among teens in America? In fact, alcohol kills more young people than all illicit drugs combined! In 2005, there were 6,100 youths (ages 15-20) that were killed in traffic crashes. Of those, 2,035 (33%) died in crashes involving alcohol – an average of [...]
The Fire and Life Safety Bureau is regularly in all of the public schools in the District. The desire is to be sure that message of fire safety is delivered to all of the children in the district. The efforts of Captain Dave Walker and the rest of the bureau have been very successful for [...]
By Peter A. Sidari Fire Safety Educator A firefighter’s job can be stressful, difficult, and dangerous at times. Years of fire training helps to keep the risks considerably low for injury and death. While fire training is of the utmost importance for a firefighter, his or her physical health ranks right along side this fire [...]
Last year, the North Greece Fire District’s Fire and Life Safety team instituted a new fire safety program in a pilot school in our fire district. Three 5th grade teachers at Northwood Elementary School volunteered to do the new program which is called “Reading and Writing Fire Safety,” or as the nickname in the title [...]
