Congratulations to the three District 58 third graders who won this year’s Downers Grove Fire Department’s Home Fire Escape Plan contest! The winners are: Zoe S. from El Sierra, Alexa L. from Henry Puffer, and Mika U. from Belle Aire.
District 58 partners with the Downers Grove Fire Department on several educational initiatives, including the third grade Learn Not to Burn program. As part of the program, students use their fire safety knowledge to design a home fire escape plan and enter it into the contest. The Fire Department carefully reviews each plan and selects the winners.
The selected students win an exciting experience: A firefighter – in a Downers Grove firetruck – will drive to the student’s house and personally pick up the student, his or her teacher, and one friend. The firefighter will drive the students to the firehouse for a delicious student-selected breakfast with the whole crew. Finally, the firefighter will chauffeur the students to school in the firetruck. Often, the student’s classmates enthusiastically greet the firetruck as it pulls in front of the school.
Great work, students!
The Village of Downers Grove created a short video following Mika’s firetruck experience. View the short video here.