This is Fire Prevention Week, and that usually means firefighters are in the middle of a big campaign in schools and day cares to teach fire safety to young kids. That’s not possible this year with most schools going virtual, so firefighters are getting creative.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is still trying to interact with kids and teach fire safety but -- just like everything else in 2020 -- it’s being done over a computer.
“Everybody’s had to change their habits and how they do their jobs so differently this year, and for fire prevention, we’re no different,” explained Lt. Shauna Walesh.
The October calendar for the department’s life safety educator is usually jampacked with visits to classrooms, but Thursday was a first for Walesh. That afternoon, the classroom came to her virtually -- in the comfort of her fire prevention office -- as she conducted a fire prevention lesson to elementary students all live and online.