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• Open House: Each October during Fire Prevention Month, the Carteret Fire Department hosts it's annual open house. Residents are encouraged to visit the firehouse to learn about fire safety. Visitors are given first hand experience with fire extinguishers and even put out a "REAL Kitchen Fire." In addition, fire hoses are set up to allow residents to experience what it's like to use a real fire house like the firefighters do. Tables with equipment and items from fires are on display. Here residents can see and touch the equipment a firefighter uses and also see the causes and effects of fires, which occurred here in our community. Children are allowed to see what it is like to wear a firefighter's turnout gear. Rides in the air are given on Truck 5. Here you will see what it's like to go up in the air as we do. A free raffle takes place throughout the day. Thanks to our many sponsors, many residents win smoke detectors, CO (Carbon Monoxide) detectors, fire extinguishers, and many other great prizes. Sparky the Fire Dog, a favorite among the children, visits the firehouse throughout the day and loves to take pictures with the children.

• Scholarship: Each year during the annual scholarship ceremony at the Carteret High School, the fire department FMBA Local 67 selects a candidate from a list of distinguished Seniors. It is the hope of the department that with this scholarship, their continued education will be a success.

• Poster Contest/Firehouse Tours: Each year during the Fire Prevention Month, the Bureau of Fire Prevention and career fire fighters spend many hours visiting the younger children and winners are awarded prizes. In addition, the first place winners are given a ride to school on a fire truck. Also during this time, fire house tours are given for the school children so they can see our fire trucks and equipment up close.

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