It is Fire Prevention Week – and the Milwaukee Fire Department is taking its message of fire safety to the kids.
"It’s extremely important. I think we tend to think that, 'They’re just second graders what could they possibly know or contribute?’ These are sharp kids," said Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski.
The chief said if his firefighters want to spread a message of fire preparedness during Fire Prevention Week, they share it with the kids.
"When they take these sorts of lessons and they go home – I can tell you first hand that it pays dividends.," the chief said. "When we pull up to a fire at 3 a.m. and the whole family has gathered outside because they were able to hear that smoke alarm, they knew how to react to it, and they knew how to do so in a calm and rapid manner."