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stouffville suntribune tliursday sept 20 2007 9 fire great escape plan wins brother jr firefighter trek by hannelore volpe staff writer for nineyearold ryan dunlop the prospect of putting out a real fire with a firefighters hose makes his eyes light up hell have his chance to do that and face some of the other challenges firefighters deal with on the job tuesday that s when he and other young winners from municipalities through out york region attend the york region junior fire fighters day in maddiam ryan was chosen to repre sent vvnitchurchstouffville for completing the best fire escape plan of all grade 3 students in the municipality last year ryan was at orchard park pub lic school last year and now attends summitview public school in his plan ryan outlined where the family would meet in case of a fire or emergency across the street and gave two escape routes from every room in his house brother also won i showed how you would get out of the roomand i showed them where our meet ing place is ryan said awareness of fire safety has a high priority in the dunlop household ryans brother who is now 12 was a junior fire fighter three years ago the family talked about fire safety when the children were smaller and they reinforced it in school ryans mom kim dunlop said as soon as the family moved to stouffville they determined what their safe meeting place would be in case of an emer gency when firefighters visited ryans classroom last week to tell him he had won fire pre vention officer jeff bigneu had no trouble picking him but we were asking the class simple fire safety questions mr bigneu said right off the bat i knew who he was he had au the answers the junior firefighters day is at the markham fire and emergency services station on bur oak drive as weu as receiving their own firefighters uniform and helmet the youngsters will demonstrate how to operate a portable fire extinguisher learn how to unrou and rou up a big fire hose and get to ride in a fire truck hheosob2i2 good beginnings a parentinfant support program torontoyork region volunteers help new parents by providing emotional support and practical assistance during the early months of a newborn s homecoming for information call 18005746059 ext 5117 this message brought to you as a community service o the economistsuntribune correction notice regarding advertisement september 15 2007 dr brigittemonrose general family practice v accepting new patients independent and separate from walkin clinic 9052944467 photo courtesy whitchurchstouffville fire emergency services ryan dunlop was visited by firefighters jeff bigneu from left gord ridout ryan dunlop dave wil son and jeff harman at sumrnitview school and named wwtchurchstouffviues junior firefighter- unit 208 9889 markham road highway 48 markham ontario north of bur oak avenue southof major mackenzie drive on the east side lots of free parking major mac bur oak 16 office 00 mmm deal tile carpet hard vv o o d il o o rinc visit our showroom 6212 main st stouffville ont 905 642 4444 hoars mon- fri 930 8pm sat 96pm sun 104pm