Allenton, WI – The Allenton Fire Department is kicking off Fire Prevention Week with many community activities promoting fire safety October 6 – 12. This year’s national theme is Smoke alarms, make them work.
Friday morning department personnel will be visiting the Allenton Elementary School, starting at 9 a.m. The morning will involve fire prevention demonstrations, giving tours of some of the apparatus, and giving each youngster a gift bag filled with fire prevention educational material.
The highlight of the week will be the annual Open House and Pancake Breakfast co-hosted by St. Lawrence Fire Company and the Allenton Fire Department on Sunday, October 6. The event begins at 8 a.m. at the Allenton Fire Station, 431 Railroad Street.
There will be some very interesting demonstrations planned for the morning. Some of which are a live fire being extinguished by a sprinkler system, demonstration using a Staysafe fire extinguisher for a grease fire and Lithium-Ion battery fires.
In addition teenagers and adults will have an opportunity to use a real fire extinguisher on a fire.
Returning this year will be the Replica Rescue 51 truck from the TV show-EMERGENCY. This unit is a replica to the one used in the show and was built by a Grand Rapids Firefighter, Paul Reber.
Also returning is the Pink Heals-Sheboygan County fire truck. Kids and adults can go through the Survive Alive house and practice spraying water on a simulated “small house fire.”
The departments will be handing out door prizes every half hour for adults and kids.
Pancakes, scrambled eggs, Gehring’s Meat Market breakfast sausages, applesauce and more will be available from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Tickets are $8/per person, kids 6 and under are free. Advance sale tickets get you a coupon for a sub at Allenton Subway and are available at Zuern Building Products, Farmers Implement and Farmers Grain & Feed.
