| On Monday evening January 16th, Girl Scout Troop of the East Fallowfield Chapter came to the Modena Fire Company to learn about fire safety and work on getting their First Aid Badges.
The troop was first greeted by Chief Dowlin who welcomed them and gave a little history of the company, the chief then turned the program over to our lady firefighters who had a whole program set up for our young guest.
The program given by firefighters Tina, Liz, Brittanie, and Diana went over a little of everything from the tools we use, the equipment that keeps us safe, to fire safety materials like stop, drop, and roll, and home evacuation planning. The lady's them focused on what was needed to help the troop achieve there first aid badge.
The nights ended with a tour of the station were the troop got a chance to sit in the apparatus and meet some of the other firefighters who was on station in a training session. Chief Dowlin then thanked the group leaders and our young guest for coming and let them know our doors are always open to them at any time.
Chief Dowlin received an e-mail the following morning thanking him again for allowing the troop to visit. He was also asked to give Tina, Liz and the twins Brittanie, and Diana and big thank you from the girls, one of the goals of the evening was to show the there is a future for young lady's in the fire and EMS service and they were very thankful to meet a few of our best Lady's here in Modena. |
