Firefighters visit schools for Fire Prevention Week

De Luz volunteer firefighter Charlie Morales, with the help of Seanjohn Henriques, 3, demonstrates how a fire hose works during a Fire Prevention Week visit at the Mike Choate Early Childhood Education Center on October 10.

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Faith Haywood, 4, pretends to drive the truck that the De Luz firefighters drove to the center.

De Luz volunteer firefighters Scott Fiske (left), Charlie Morales (center) and Captain Elfego Covarrubias display the

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John Buchanan helps kindergartner Brian Duran show fellow students the right way to stop, drop and roll if they catch on fire.

Firefighter Matt Cipolla models full turnout gear so the students will not be afraid if a fireman ever has to rescue them from a fire. The children were taught to call out,