SATURDAY MORNING APRIL 26TH THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JOINED FORCES TO HELP THE PULASKI COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THEIR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. THE GYM AND PARKING LOT OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A CARNIVAL THAT WAS SECOND TO NONE. THERE WERE GAMES FOR THE KIDS, FACE PAINTING, BALLOON ART AND TIEING AND A MOON WALK TYPE BOUNCING RIDE THAT LOOKED A LOT LIKE SPARKY THE FIRE PREVENTION DOG.
THERE WERE PLENTY OF ANIMALS TO VISIT WITH THE KIDS. SPARKY THE FIRE DOG, MCGRUFF THE CRIME PREVENTION DOG AND DAREN THE D.A.R.E. MASCOT AND PATCHES AND HIS FIRE TRUCK WERE ALL ON HAND TO VISIT WITH THE KIDS AND GIVE OUT HUGS FOR EVERYONE. THERE WERE ALSO SOME “REAL” ANIMALS FOR THE KIDS. TWO LLAMAS AND A MINITURE HORSE HAD BEEN CORRALED INSIDE THE ADM BUILDING FOR THE KIDS TO PET AND FEED.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ENGINE #8 ON DISPLAY ALONG WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL’S JEEP. FIRE FIGHTER BRANDON HAMBLIN, FIRE FIGHTER CHRIS SHELOR-BOURNE, FIRE FIGHTER EDDIE ARNOLD AND FIRE MARSHAL CHIP HUTCHINSON MANNED THE DISPLAY AND HELPED SPARKY MAKE HIS ROUNDS THROUGH THE CROWD. THERE WAS A LARGE TURNOUT AND EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME.