Fighting fire with prevention: Fire Chief for a Day learns tricks and tools of fighting fires

Fighting fire with prevention: Fire Chief for a Day learns tricks and tools of fighting fires

FERGUS – He put out a fire with a fire extinguisher. He sprayed water from a fire hose.He even helped take a door off a vehicle using spreaders, cutters and a hammer to break the windshield.June 11 proved to be an exciting day for nine-year-old Bryan Ellis, a grade 4 student at Salem Public School who was selected as this year’s Fire Chief for a Day by staff at Centre Wellington Fire Rescue.He was picked up at school in an aerial truck, was take…