Learning about fire prevention in Kuujjuaq
Kuujjuaq firefighter Larry Shea, right, talks to students from Jaanimmarik School as he gives a tour of the village’s fire station on Oct. 19. The second week of October was Fire Prevention Week across Canada. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Teach them about vandalism as well. Tell them about it’s wrong to steal, and do damage and harm to others. And tell them about importance of being home early and do their homework, encourage to report to an adult , like a teacher or someone close to them about if they’re being abused or mistreated. And then, get some information into their parents.
Next stop, police station, let’s see an officer outside giving a talk about crime prevention. Then on to the hospital, and a staff member from social services and medical, outside again giving a talk about injury. Then a gathering of parents, also getting an education into raring good children. And finally to the graveyard to name off the young people that are bury, that could have been prevented.