Here, students learn how to operate fire extinguishers during residential life training last summer. (Photo by Jamie DeLoma, assistant director of public relations and social media.)
The Student Government Association’s Class of 2013 is hosting a fire-safety event on Saturday, March 24 in the Westview parking lot on the York Hill Campus.
Members of security, facilities and the Hamden Fire Department will give students one-on-one fire extinguisher training from 1 to 2:15 p.m. and demonstrate how quickly a simple residence hall fire could turn potentially fatal at 2:30 p.m.
The event is open to all students.
Now that’s how you teach kids how to put out a fire. All the lecture in the world can’t beat a hands on lesson.