Fire department visits UPK students at Abram Lansing

For students in Abram Lansing's UPK class, having a fire truck visit the school was a big deal.

Wearing hats they had decorated themselves and singing a song about fire trucks, the students cheered when members of the Cohoes Fire Department came to the school to show them the truck and talk a bit about fire safety in recognition of October as Fire Prevention Month.

Two members of the department brought a truck to the school, and allowed the students to try on their coats and boots, and get inside the truck to see what it would be like to ride in it.

The students were overjoyed at the opportunity to turn the steering wheel and were dwarfed by the size of the truck.

The firefighters reminded students that although they may look scary with their oxygen tanks and face masks on, children should never be afraid of firefighters because they only want to help.