TUCSON, Ariz. — A different type of graduation.
Students from kindergarten graduated from fire safety school.
Drexel Heights Fire District (DHFD) provides fire safety lessons for kindergartners in all area schools in their jurisdiction.
The lesson, based off the newest edition of the National Fire Protection Association "Learn Not to Burn" curriculum, teaches students about smoke alarms, fire drills and the importance of staying away from hot things.
There are four weekly visits to each kindergarten classroom. Each week, the students begin their lesson by saying and signing (American Sign Language), a fire safety pledge. At the final lesson and graduation ceremony, the children say and sign the safety pledge to the firefighters.
"These lessons and the safety pledge are critical to be taught to kindergartners, so we can teach them fire safety behaviors at an early age but also so they can really remember them for a lifetime," said DHFD’s Public Information Manager Tracy Koslowski.
For a job well done on finishing the classes, the kids either toured a fire station or see a demonstration with the fire trucks. They also received a plastic fire helmet and diploma for graduating from fire safety school.
