CHEVERIE BUILDS FIRE PREVENTION TOOLS


  Andrew P. Cheverie

Andrew Cheverie of Albion and Troop 164 became an Eagle Scout after constructing two fire prevention props for the local fire department to use at open house events and at “TruckDay” at the Albion Primary School.

One prop is a two-dimensional wooden house with hinged flames the children can “put out” with a low-pressure hose. The second is a simulator to train children how to correctly open a door and crawl below smoke when they hear the smoke alarm go off. There is a full-size interior door leading to a short hallway containing descending cloth smoke.