Firewise!

By Anonymous -
As part of our Firewise programme, Kowhai team was visited by some firefighters from the Palmerston North station. 
Firefighter Josh talked to Kowhai team about what they will be learning in the Firewise unit. 


He reminded us how important it is to have working smoke alarms. 

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