Presley Town, a first-grader in Mrs. Cearns' class at Edison Elementary School in Centralia is this year's grand champion in the younger grades.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CENTRALIA – It’s fire safety week and the grand champions in the Lewis County fire prevention poster contest have been chosen.
The winner in the younger age group is Presley Town, a first-grader in Mrs. Cearns’ class at Edison Elementary School in Centralia.
Presley’s art work features a family safely leaving a fire, carrying bags of pets out with them.
Among the older students, Rachel Germann, a fourth grader in Mrs. Ethell’s class at Onalaska Elementary School took the top prize.
Rachel’s winning entry portrays a burning house with one sleeping occupant presumably about ready to be woke up by a fire alarm.
“Smoke alarms: a sound you can live with” is their slogan.
Scores of childrens’ colorful fire prevention posters can be viewed all this week at the north end of the Outlet Mall outside the Eddie Bauer store, off Lum Road on the west side of Interstate 5.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal is reminding the public this week it advises smoke alarms should be installed on every level of a home, outside each sleeping area and inside each bedroom.
They offer the following tips to make sure smoke detectors can do their jobs:
• Test smoke alarms at least once a month using the test button, and make sure everyone in your home knows their sound.
• If an alarm “chirps,” warning the battery is low, replace the battery right away.
• Replace all smoke alarms, including alarms that use 10-year batteries and hard-wired alarms, when they’re 10 years old (or sooner) if they do not respond properly when tested.
• Never remove or disable a smoke alarm.
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To find out more about fire prevention week, check the web site of the National Fire Protection Association here
Rachel Germann, a fourth grader in Mrs. Ethell's class at Onalaska Elementary School is the grand champion among the older students.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter