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Classroom Presentations

Our public education focus is our children and youth. Our goal is to instill fire safety into everyday life beginning with pre-school children. We continue throughout the elementary school years by providing age-appropriate material that reviews previously introduced concepts and introducing new ones. There is curriculum provided to teachers via the Learn Not to Burn program and our Public Education Officer also makes visits to classrooms with prepared material during the school year.

Rodeo

The Rodeo is a lot more demanding but just as much fun. Students compete against a clock in 4 or 5 different events. Events are structured around tasks that a Firefighter does on the job. Skills like hooking up fire hoses, spraying water and rescuing people are experienced by participants. Take tonnes of water, a group of enthusiastic youth, some Firefighter/Paramedics to teach the skills and the result is a community of soaking wet students having a ton of fun!

Fire Safety Trailer

A Fire Safety Trailer has been part of our toolbox to provide an interactive safe experience for students to learn first-hand about fire. Replaced with a new unit in 2011 with the sponsorship of Red River Mutual Insurance and Firefighters Burn Fund of MB, the modern trailer simulates how quickly a “home” fills with smoke when a fire occurs. The Public Safety Officer takes the mobile trailer to larger school or organization functions to create a more realistic experience for students to practice “get low and crawl to safety”.

Fire Hall Tours

Everyone is welcome to visit the #1 Fire Hall. Tours involve seeing the emergency trucks, how things operate within Brandon Fire & Emergency Services and the museum. Those who come for a tour go home with a better idea of how the fire and ambulance services operate, what some of our history is and the knowledge that a Firefighter/Paramedic is their friend and service provider in the community.

Call 204-729-2400 to arrange your group tour.

Road Show

A Fire Safety Road Show is exactly that. Instead of having a group or class come to the Fire Hall for a tour, we take the SHOW ON THE ROAD. We arrive at schools with lots of trucks, Firefighter/Paramedics and fire safety information. Children get to hold a hose, have their blood pressure taken, and learn some fire safety. It’s fun for all age groups!

Sparky

In addition, to our “Learn Not to Burn” program, our Public Education Officer visits classrooms in the Brandon School Division delivering fire safety presentations. Often, Sparky is available to attend to the delight of the students.

Sparky carries on the tradition of having a Dalmatian dog work with firefighters. Originally, Dalmatians; a ratter breed, helped keep the stables free of rodents when the equipment was pulled by horses. Additionally, the dogs would run along-side the horses to the fire calls and help keep them calm while the Firefighters tackled the blaze. They were good companions for the members but as time has progressed, lack of work for the dogs, allergies, and public restrictions have made a fire hall an unfriendly home for live dogs.

Sparky is the mascot for Firefighters. A special dog with special skills, Sparky works closely with BFES to provide fire safety education in our classrooms. Sparky is also available to attend public functions. 

Learn more about Sparky here