On June 16, 2005, the Kirk Road Elementary School performed the fire safety musical “Down at the Meeting Place”, written by Kevin Magin. Under the direction of Linda Marino, the 5th grade chorus sang and acted out four scenes which taught the audience how to perform a fire drill at home.

The musical opened with a scene of a “city on fire” with a crowd of onlookers ‘oohing’ and ‘aahing’ at the flames. A team of seven firefighters all dressed in red fire helmets, badges, and NGFD T-Shirts (Thank You Chief Grace!) responded with a red wagon complete with a ¾” nozzle and hose to douse the “fire” and make the rescue.

Scene II continued back at the station where the firefighters cleaned equipment and asked the Captain for permission to educate the public about how to perform home fire drills.

The third scene took place in a classroom where the firefighters finished teaching the public and a review brought out all the important steps to an E.D.I.T.H Drill.

The last scene took place in a home where a fire occurred. A smoke detector awakened the family and they all escaped to a meeting place, the mailbox. Once again, the firefighters responded to extinguish the flames. The musical closed with everyone singing the theme, “Down at the Meeting Place”.

A huge thank you to Mrs. Marino and Ms. Maureen Outlaw (art teacher/artwork) for their help with this new project.