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| Fire House Gang of Florence Clowns Around for Camp Can-Do |
The Fire House Gang, the Florence Fire Department’s clown troupe for public education, recently performed at Camp Can- Do at Seabrook Island, SC, where they helped entertain 30 children who have been severely burned. The camp is co-sponsored by the Medical University of South Carolina’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric Burn Center and South Carolina’s firefighters. Members of the Firehouse Gang:
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KEEPING KIDS SAFE
While attending the National Fire Academy, Carr struck up a friendship with Bob Bloch, his counterpart at the Menlo Park Fire Department. Discovering that the MPFD would be acquiring a new safety trailer, Carr requested, by way of a mutual aid agreement, that their existing trailer be transferred to Florence. McLeod’s Safe Kids program joined the effort and soon the trailer was sitting east-side of the country instead of the west. This trailer will be a great tool in the efforts to deliver fire and life safety messages to children and adults. And one of the great things about the trailer is that it’s mobile. Safety demonstrations can be performed just about any The Florence Fire Department has also added two new pumper trucks to its fire-fighting arsenal. The new trucks were made to order by the KME Fire Apparatus company in Nesquehoning, PA. Personnel are currently training on the new apparatus and their projected in-service date is Dec. 7, 2006. |
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How far would you go to keep kids safe? Across town? Across the state? How about across the country? That’s exactly what the Florence Fire Department did recently when Firefighter Tony Smith and Acting Fire Marshal Ken Carr drove from Florence, South Carolina to Menlo Park, California to pick up a fire safety education trailer. 
where — schools, daycares and churches. Call 843-665-3231 to schedule a visit.