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The final stop before the picnic in the park was the fire department. Steve Leake had to fight off a mob of excited small fry, all swearing they wanted to grow up to be fire fighters, when he asked for volunteers to try on a mask and helmet, the kids swarmed over the back of the fire truck, listening eagerly to Leake’s explanation of fire fighting procedures. But the biggest smiles and loudest shrieks of delight came when James Burke, also a volunteer fireman with the £perryville company, turned on the fire hose and the siren.
While a few hungry youngsters asked field trip organizer Deborah Burrows when they were going to have lunch, most of the kids had to be almost pulled away from the fire engines.
“Everyone was so nice,” concluded Toman. “I think next year we won’t take any out-of-the-area field trips. We’ll just stay right here!”
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