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          The members of the Millville and Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Companies had a busy day at Lord Baltimore Elementary School on Wednesday, October 10, for National Fire Prevention Week.  Activities began in the morning with each grade level and culminated in the afternoon with a fire drill and the arrival of Sparky the Fire Prevention Dog.  The activity each grade level participated in was as follows: Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten – Tour of the Millville Volunteer Fire Company firehouse and equipment; First Grade – Stop, Drop, and Roll; Second Grade – Smoke house demonstration (this occurred on Wednesday, September 19); Third Grade – Hazard House from the Delaware State Fire School; Fourth Grade – Squirting water from a fire hose at a target; Fifth Grade – Instruction on the use of and practice with a fire extinguisher

At approximately 2 p.m., a fire drill was sounded with equipment from both the Millville and Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Companies responding as if it was an actual alarm.  Sparky the Fire Prevention Dog arrived in the bucket on Truck 84 waving to all of the students.  The students were ecstatic when Sparky was placed on the ground, he mingled with them shaking hands and giving high 5’s.