Educating kids about fire danger usually starts at an early age.
For one group that meant literally crawling their way to safety and learning a big lesson on the way.
The smoke may be fake, but the danger is real.
“We’re learning how to escape if there’s ever a fire,” said Braylee Schoneberger
Schoneberger and her Jewett Elementary classmates, stopped, dropped, and crawled their way through a simulated fire at Fire District 3’s headquarters Thursday.
“We brought the kids into a home like environment like a kitchen or a living room, taught them how to find 2 ways out of each of those spaces including their bedrooms and then filled it full of fake smoke and gave them the opportunity to practice escaping through a window,” said Deputy Fire Marshal Mark Northrup.