Forney Fire Department and ISD run 'Get Fired Up for Reading' program to boost literacy
Fire Chief Holcomb presented the department’s Get Fired Up for Reading program, an eight-week partnership with Forney ISD that brings firefighters into classrooms, offers reading-minute competitions for K–12 students and rewards winners with prizes and a grand-prize fire-truck ride.
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Fire Chief Holcomb told the Forney City Council on April 8 about the Forney Fire Department’s Get Fired Up for Reading partnership with Forney ISD, an eight-week program designed to encourage students from prekindergarten through 12th grade to read and to build relationships between children and public safety personnel.
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