Sioux City Journal
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Haylie Grillet, 6, nearly burst from excitement waiting for Friday’s ride home from school in a Sioux City Fire Rescue truck.
“She’s been talking about it all week,” said her mother, Desiree Withers. “Four or five times a day, it comes up.” Grillet, a kindergärtner at Whittier Elementary, won the ride in a raffle. It was part of Sioux City Fire Rescue’s Fire Prevention Week celebration.
It was the first time a Sioux City student won a ride home from Sioux City Fire Rescue in several years. It was once the prize for a fifth-grade essay contest about fire safety. During Fire Prevention Week, the Sioux City department held open houses at its stations. It also conducted numerous community trainings and presentations to students at Sioux City Community Schools.
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