The Fire Department’s new training manikin is made out of steel, has fire department clothing on and weighs about 200 pounds.  Fire Chief Jim Petrie says the manikin was in Ruth Betts School for two weeks and McIsaac School for two weeks and students entered to name the manikin.  Petrie says they generated a lot of interest from the children and that’s what they really wanted to do is the generate interest from the kids.  He says there’s one saying he’s always used, if you make a friend of a child they will never light your house on fire.

The winning name was Fred entered by Katelin Harmon, a grade three student at McIsaac School.  Harmon not only named the manikin she received a model fire truck as well.  The Fire Department gave the last name McFlame to the manikin.