Each year in October, Town of Farmington Firefighters (Local 3103 and Volunteer Firefighters) provide a fire prevention program to all four elementary schools in the Town, as well as many of the local preschools.  The program includes videos, demonstrations, question and answer periods, Fire truck display, and a Fire Safety Trailer. The children are given a program which is designed for their age group. Preschoolers are shown a video, and then a firefighter will show what he wears to a fire and then the fire truck. Fourth graders being the oldest group, gets a more direct program.

First we bring out our Fire Safety Trailer, and then we have a discussion about how smoke and heat affects our lungs. We discuss how to get out of our house when there is smoke, fire escape ladders, feeling the door before opening it etc. Then it’s into the trailer for a very real demonstration of what it’s like to   be in a smoke filled house and how to escape.

The Fire Safety program doesn’t stop with the 1,200 to 1,300 children we bring this program to. Town of Farmington Firefighters also provide a program for some of the local corporate offices during "Bring your child to work day" utilizing the Fire Safety Trailer.

The Fire Safety Trailer is also brought to local pancake breakfasts and spaghetti dinners, for fire safety demonstrations. Firefighters provide the local elderly housing, and continuing care facilities, seminars dealing with fire, medical, and general safety issues. When requested by local businesses, The Town of Farmington Firefighters provide instruction in proper fire extinguisher use, precautions in dealing with blood borne pathogens, building evacuation plans.