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Introducing Squirt and Blaze!

    AT THE Annual Educational Characterization through
    Clowning and Puppetry camp,  Blaze and Squirt spent four
    jam packed days learning how to reduce through
    educational clowning and characterization the loss of
    life, property and injuries caused by fire and or other
    emergency situations. This camp attracts fire departments’
    educational teams from all over the country -  not just
    from here in Arizona. They had the pleasure to meet and
    learn from Public Education teams from Texas, Utah, New
    Mexico, California, and Colorado to name just a few.  

    The Pub Ed team is excited to help them build and grow a
    great new program and community resource for public
    education. While at the Bullhead City camp, they learned a
    lot about things that have worked and not worked for
    other departments concerning their clown programs and
    what values to stay true to. For example, as said on the Life
    and Fire Safety website:

    We are life and fire safety educators first, clowns,
    characters, and puppeteers second.

    We will maintain our educational objective by not doing
    birthday parties or other events that are for
    entertainment only; nor shall we use live fire or any other
    life threatening behavior that contradicts our
    educational goals and values.

    Please take a few minutes to take a look at the photos we
    have attached of Squirt and Blaze. Our photos were also
    recently in  a newsletter  from one of the clowning
    instructors from the bullhead camp.   We are still
    developing our characters and what direction this
    program will be taking but Blaze and Squirt will be
    Spending time at the Home Show in March and the Summit
    Car Show in June passing on Life and Fire Safety messages to
    the community. We will be sure and keep you posted as
    other shows and dates come up.

    Thanks for you Time
    Blaze ;o) and Squirt
Summit Fire District
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