CAMDEN - Camden-Rockport Middle School and Children's House Montessori School students fire prevention awareness logos, now painted on Camden's Engine 4 and ladder truck, will be a moving reminder all year of how to help prevent fires. The winners were announced, and the logos displayed Oct. 14 at the middle school.
The Camden Fire Department came up with the idea of involving students in Fire Prevention Week outreach, by offering to paint the students' logos on a real fire truck, according to Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley.
Firefighters visited the schools and made presentations during lunch time, and supplied rolls of butcher paper, paint and markers. The students did the rest.
CRMS Principal Jaime Stone said she got reports from the students that they worked on their submissions for "hours and hours," taking the materials home to put in the extra time. Farley said both the students and the firefighters are excited about the results.
The Fire Department received 18 submissions from the four grades at CRMS, and one submission jointly worked on by students at the Montessori school.
Judges, who looked for clear and colorful safety messages included. State Fire Marshal Investigator Mary-Ann MacMaster, Camden Town Manager Patricia Finnigan, firefighter Matt Heat, Assistant Fire Chief John Wickenden, as well as Farley and Stone.
The CRMS fire prevention logo winners are: Ryan Anderson, fifth grade, Rachel Rademacher, seventh grade, and Shauna Murray, eighth grade.