Safety City expansion underway

The newly renamed Melvin Martin Center for Children's Safety, also known as Safety City, is getting two new additions. A groundbreaking for the new Fire Safety House was held June 3, 2009. The 2,000 square-foot building will replace an 8 foot by 30 foot Fire Safety Trailer which currently serves as a teaching classroom, only accommodating 20 students at a time. The new facility will be modeled after the former #2 Fire Station on South 5th and Butternut Streets. It will feature an engine room, a classroom with bleacher style seating for up to 60 students; a room that has a realistic kitchen where kitchen safety will be taught; and a bedroom setting where students will learn survival tactics to utilize in case of a house fire. Construction of a 2,700 square-foot Police Station is scheduled to begin June 2010. The Friends of Safety City board is currently fundraising for the construction of these facilities. For more details, contact Safety City at (325) 676-6096 or e-mail safetycity@suddenlinkmail.com.

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