Manhattan Beach Fire Department’s engineer/paramedic Brian Yount discusses fire safety with Robinson Elementary second graders as part of National Fire Prevention Week earlier this month. Every year, the department visits second graders in the city’s six elementary schools and challenges them in a contest to create a “home escape plan” in the event of a fire. The winner at each school wins a ride to school in a fire engine. Photos courtesy of Brian YountPennekamp Elementary second grader Madilynn Collins enjoys a shotgun ride in the fire truck as the contest winner at her school.
Meet the rest of the second grade winners:
Robinson Elementary second grader Callie BorenNatalie O’Brien of Pacific Elementary
Kayla Corbett of American Martyrs SchoolMeadows Elementary second grader Hayden LinGrand View Elementary’s Mason Brown
