Emergency Services Day October 11

If your child has always wanted to sit in a fire engine, sheriff’s vehicle or ambulance, do not miss the annual Emergency Services Day this fall when they can try all three!

 The October 11 event is set aside for kids to learn about safety and explore props and equipment at the Beechmont Fire Station, 7954 Beechmont Ave. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Anderson Township Fire and Rescue personnel and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies will educate and answer questions, providing firsthand experience for children to access safety equipment. 
Check out these activities:
 • Explore vehicles from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, including patrol cars, the bomb truck, and a SWAT Vehicle. 
• Learn how to stay safe with instruction from other public safety organizations| in the county, including area hospitals, 
• Use a fire extinguisher simulator,
• Roll out in real fire gear for a photo shoot, 
• Climb on the water rescue boat, a ladder truck, a fire engine, and go inside an ambulance, 
• Spray water from a fire hose and knock down a pretend fire in windows of the Flame House, 
• Pretend to be a firefighter with a firefighter agility course, 
• See a live fire demonstration that teaches home fire safety.