(From right to left) Josiah and Seth Niblack, watch as their sister, Alayna, finds out how heavy a fireman’s sledge hammer really is while Staff Sgt. Aaron Coleman, fire inspector, lends a hand during an open house at the firehouse on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 11, 2013. The open house was the culminating event of this year’s Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Sparky the Fire Prevention Mascot, Justin Haskamp and Tech. Sgt. Joshua Thompson from the 319th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, witness Col. Christopher Mann, 319th Air Base Wing vice commander, sign the 2013 Fire Prevention Week proclamation on Oct. 7, 2013, at the 319th ABW headquarters building. The signing of the proclamation official kicked off the base’s fire prevention week events, which took place Oct. 7-11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Thompson, assistant chief of fire prevention, answers fire safety questions from first-grade students at Eielson Elementary, Oct. 8, 2013, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The base fire department held multiple question and answer sessions at the two schools on base as part of a series of events for this year’s Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Sparky the Fire Prevention Mascot surprises students at Eielson Elementary by quickly hitting the floor during a meet and greet at the school Oct. 8, 2013. During the meet and greet Sparky demonstrated several fire safety techniques such as staying low to floor in order to avoid breathing smoke during a fire. The meet and greets with Sparky were part of several activities that took place during this year’s Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Staff Sgt. Aaron Coleman, Grand Forks Air Force Base fireman, gives high fives to students for successfully completing a fire drill out of the Children’s Fire Safety House Oct. 8, 2013, at Eielson Elementary School at Grand Forks AFB, N.D. The Children’s Fire Safety House is a trailer used by the base fire department designed to teach children E.D.I.T.H., which stands for Exit Drills In The Home. The fire drills were part of several activities that took place during this year’s Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Grand Forks Air Force Base fireman, Travis Zuegin, shows first-graders how his gas mask and other equipment keeps him safe during a fire prevention week learning activity Oct. 8, 2013, at Eielson Elementary on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. The demonstration of firefighter equipment and fire truck displays were part of several activities that took place during this year’s Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Senior Airman Benjamin Hitzelberger, Grand Forks Air Force Base fireman, performs the fire hose pull portion of the firefighter challenge obstacle course during the fire department’s open house Oct. 11, 2013. The firefighter challenge obstacle course was one of the main features of the open house, which was the final event for this year’s Fire Prevention Week events on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez