Earlier this year Central County Fire and Rescue took delivery of a brand new state of the art Fire Safety House from Mobile Concepts by Scotty.  This new fire safety tool replacea a seventeen year old fire safety house that was designed and built by firefighters and has trained tens of thousands of children how to escape from a burning house.

The new Fire Safety House was purchased with funds obtained through a grant from the Federal Assistance to Firefighters Program.  the new safety house allows public educators to deliver training on severe weather, earthquake and home safety.  The multi-room mobile trainer is equipped with a simulated kitchen/living room area that has bleacher seating with a capacity of 20 students.  Participants can learn how to prevent kitchen fires, common home injuries and practice what to do during a tornado or earthquake.  The second room allows students to practice their E.D.I.T.H. (Exit Drills In The Home) skills that they have learned from firefighters and public safety educators.  Some of the features of the new Fire Safety House are a bedroom door that actually heats up to simulate a fire in a hallway and digital sound and light system to simulate severe weather.  the safety House is completely handicap accessible so that everyone has the changce to lear life safing skills.  On the exterior there is a retractable outdoor shelter and a wireless P.A. system that allows outdoor instruction to large groups.

 The old fire safety house was donated to Stratford Fire Protection District in Stratford, Missouri.  The unit will continue to provide life saving training to a community that has a less demanding schedule and work load.  Firefighters who were instrumental in building the first fire safety trailer are extremely happy that children in rural southwestern Missouri will have the same oppurtunity to learn these life saving skills as did the children of our community.