Fire safety is the name of the game during a presentation by Big Rapids Firefighters to students at Eastwood Early Childhood Education Center Thursday.

Firefighter Russ Bell showed head start students all of the safety gear he uses when he is battling a fire.

He says the goal of the presentations is to make the kids aware of fire safety. 

“Not to play with matches, making sure their home has smoke detectors and just the basics of stop, drop and roll if your clothes are on fire and not to hide in a structure when a fire is occurring.”

 Bell adds he gets tons of enjoyment from teaching younger children.

“it’s always great when I see the kids from classes I’ve taught in the past and their parents come up to me and tell me all of what their child has learned about fire safety, ” Bell said.

The Big Rapids Fire Department has been holding fire safety presentations at Big Rapids schools all year.