It was a reward for winning submissions in the Marquette City Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Poster Contest, which featured 270 submissions from four of the Marquette elementary schools.

Four winners were picked to represent their respective schools.

The winners are:

≤ Florence Zender from Noelle Geary’s class at Father Marquette Elementary School.

Superior Hills Elementary student and poster contest winner Sam Reissner is shown with Lt. Brett Beaudry, Capt. Ben Wilder and Relief Engineer Kevin Serkowski. (Photo courtesy of the Marquette City Fire Department)

≤ Hattie Rhoades from Kaitlyn Dickenshied’s class at Graveraet Elementary School.

≤ Natalie LaTourneau from Sara Schetter’s class at Sandy Knoll Elementary.

≤ Sam Reissner from Melinda Longton’s class at Superior Hills Elementary.

The Fire Prevention Poster Contest was part of the Marquette City Fire Department’s 2021 Fire Prevention Month activities.

Fire Prevention Month got the word out to hundreds of students this year, with 420 elementary students participating in the fire prevention site visits at the four schools. It also included 242 kids, ages 3-12, participating in fire station tours, with more than 130 hours of work from the department to make it all come together.

Natalie LaTourneau, Sandy Knoll Elementary student and poster contest winner, is shown with Engineer Dan Pruner and firefighter Brandon Morey. (Photo courtesy of Marquette City Fire Department)

October was Fire Prevention Month and this year’s theme was “Learn the sounds of fire safety.”

The month of activities kicked off with a parade and fire truck display, which was held at Harlow Park on Oct. 2, with 15 fire departments being represented.

Randy Crouch can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 242. His email address is rcrouch@miningjournal.net.

Firefighter Brandon Cory and Lt. Mike Gwinn stand with Father Marquette Elementary student and poster contest winner Florence Zender and her brother. (Photo courtesy of the Marquette Fire Department)