Kindergarteners learn fire safety

Buzzly, the fire safety mascot, recruited students to help him teach safety songs to about 300 kindergarteners at Waynesboro Primary School. The Burke County Emergency Management Agency visited WPS to kick off the Buzzly Fire Safety Program, which was funded by grants from both the Planters EMC Operation Round Up Grant Program and the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation Brant Chesney Grant program, according to Chief Rusty Sanders. The program is now available for use in county schools, daycare centers, public libraries and fire stations. "This program will be an effective and fun tool for our department to provide for the forty-two elementary school classrooms, six daycare centers, three public libraries and twelve fire stations to teach our youngest high risk children basic fire safety survival skills," Chief Sanders said. "We are so thankful for the generosity from the Planters EMC and Brant Chesney Grant; it's because of them that we are able to provide this excellent tool to teach our young children." For more information on viewing a Buzzly Fire Safety Program, contact Jayne Brinson at the Burke County EMA at 706-554-6651. Each Buzzly Fire Safety Program kit includes a 17-minute interactive animated video, teacher lesson plan, parent information handout and student activity sheets.