Farm Safety A Hot Topic At Ridgetown
Orford-Highgate firefighter William Macmillan shows children attending the Chatham-Kent Farm Safety Day Camp how to use a fire extinguisher.
About 120 young people turned out for the Annual Farm Safety Day Camp for Kids, held July 20 at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus.
The event, hosted by the Chatham-Kent Farm Safety Association and Progressive Agriculture, is geared to children aged, six to twelve.
Janet Richards, co-ordinator of the event, says it was also a day of celebration as this was the 20th annual edition of the farm safety day.
The children are divided into groups that rotate between several stations where they learn about potentially dangerous activities.
This year’s event included eight safety stations, covering diverse topics such as bike safety, sun safety, lawn mower safety, staying safe around creeks and bike safety.
One of the highlights was the fire safety station, where firefighters from the Orford-Highgate fire station showed the kids how to use a fire extinguisher.
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