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West Palm Beach runs ‘Junior Alerts’ youth program to teach firefighting basics
Summary
The West Palm Beach Fire Department, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club and the Palm Beach Lakes Fire Academy, held its second-year Junior Alerts program to teach middle- and high-school students basics of firefighting, emergency medical care and teamwork, including a low-visibility escape drill and an air-alarm demonstration.
Reporter Sheryl Conn said the West Palm Beach Fire Department’s Junior Alerts program gave middle- and high-school students hands-on experience with firefighting basics, emergency medical care and teamwork during a session held in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club.
The program’s exercises included an air-alarm demonstration — “That loud noise is the sound a firefighter will hear if his breathing apparatus is running low on oxygen. When the air alarm…
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