Jim Wilson’s fourth-grade class poses for a photo in front of North Catasauqua Fire Department’s Quint 18, flanked by Catasauqua firefighters Jason Hoch (left) and Craig Neetz, during Sheckler Elementary School’s Oct. 11 program for Fire Prevention Month. This truck carries an aerial ladder, fire hose and a water tank, in addition to the pump in order to fight fires.

PRESS PHOTOS BY DONNA GEWERTZMuaadh Suhail, a fourth-grade student in Brett Zieber’s class, checks out the protective gloves of Catasauqua firefighter Donovan Torres during the demonstration.

Jacquelyn Garner’s second-grade students enjoy some of the fire prevention handout materials and plastic fire helmets they received from firefighters.

The Catasauqua and North Catasauqua fire departments provide fire prevention education for kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Torres displays firefighting protective gear and lets students know not to be afraid should a firefighter come searching for them in a burning building.

Catasauqua Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Savercool talks with Sheckler students about the various hoses carried on the department’s Engine 2.

Neetz explains the ground ladders carried on the fire apparatus for Jami Gallo’s second-grade class.