M.L. fire hall open house a busy success

Whether it was for the demonstrations, the activities or the free barbeque, Meadow Lake’s fire hall was a busy place last night during its annual open house.

More than 50 people came out Tuesday, Oct. 11. With the fire trucks out in the street, sirens lit and gear all out, Chief Neil Marsh said the thermal imaging camera seemed to be the most popular piece of equipment, besides the truck horns.

Mid-way through the open house firefighter Keenan Gill demonstrated the dangers of cooking with oil by lighting a stove-top grease fire and showing the proper way to extinguish the flames.

The fire hall constructed had a makeshift hallway with two by fours, ropes and cables hanging in every direction. Dressed up in turn-out gear and a blacked-out facemasks, participants were tasked with crawling through. The exercise was meant to simulate maneuvering through a building on fire with significant damage.

Marsh and other firefighters did some education on smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, the different types and ways they save lives.

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The fire hall open house was held as a way to kick off fire prevention week in Meadow Lake.

The 2016 theme is smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and the fact they only help if they work.

Colton Swiderski is meadowlakeNOW’s municipal affairs, crime and court, health and education reporter. He can be reached at cswiderski@jpbg.ca or tweet him @coltonswiderski.