Monday, December 21, 2009

New Interactive Robot to Teach Critical Fire Safety to Onslow County Children

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated 2,800 accouchement are afflicted and 850 dead anniversary year in residential fires nationwide. Now, acknowledgment a $6,500 donation, Onslow County Fireman's Association and its affiliate blaze departments will be able to enhance their blaze assurance beat efforts to adolescent children.

The admission was awarded accordingly by SIA Group, an allowance agency headquartered in Jacksonville, and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.

Grant funds accept purchased an alternate apprentice that will be acclimated to advise analytical blaze assurance acquaint to accouchement from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The robot, advised as a blaze hydrant, receives commands from a limited ascendancy and can action about a allowance as it interacts with kids. It has a two-way wireless articulation arrangement that allows the abettor to both allocution and accept to the children.

“While teaching blaze assurance in accumulation settings, the alternate attributes of the apprentice absolutely helps draw childrens’ attention, authoritative them added acceptable to blemish key blaze assurance messages,” said Onslow County Fireman's Association President Jerry Davis. “As accouchement become educated, they generally canyon acquaint abstruse on to ancestors associates in their household. Ultimately, this helps accomplish the accomplished association safer.”

The actualization of the apprentice will crop abode during a columnist appointment that will altercate
fire assurance efforts in Onslow County. This will anon be followed by a blaze assurance presentation to acceptance at Meadowview Elementary School, area the apprentice will collaborate with the children.

Date/Time:Location:
Tuesday, Oct. 27th Meadowview Elementary School
9:45 a.m.1026 Fire Tower Rd.
Jacksonville, N.C.

“Our attendance in Onslow County dates aback to 1975, so we’re appreciative to be able to abutment the canton in a allusive way,” said Bill Mills, carnality admiral of SIA Group. “In this bread-and-butter climate, blaze account organizations are ambidextrous with actual bound budgets, and blaze assurance programs, unfortunately, are generally cut or reduced.”

The admission amalgamation is allotment of a civic altruistic affairs adjourned by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. The affairs is advised to accommodate bare equipment, training and educational accoutrement to blaze account organizations. Since 2004, Fireman’s Fund has issued grants to over 1,500 altered organizations accretion added than $23 million. Independent allowance agents, like SIA Group, that advertise Fireman’s Fund articles are able to absolute these grants to blaze account organizations.

About SIA Group
SIA Group is a full-service allowance agency with seven offices throughout North Carolina. Founded in 1975, the close offers a complete ambit of allowance articles including accident administration consultation, accident control, aggressiveness bonds programs, activity insurance, and agent account packages. SIA Group is one of North Carolina’s fastest growing allowance organizations with added than 110 employees. The close was listed as a “Top 100 Privately Held Property Casualty Agency” by the Insurance Journal in 2006, 2007 and 2008. SIA Group has offices amid in Raleigh, Jacksonville, Greenville, New Bern, Wallace, Burgaw, and Charlotte. For added information, appointment www.siagroup.net.

About Fireman’s Fund
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is a arch acreage and blow allowance aggregation accouterment claimed and bartering allowance articles nationwide. It is rated 'AA-' by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services. Founded in 1863 with a mission to abutment firefighters, Fireman’s Fund continues this accomplishment today through its civic altruistic work. Fireman’s Fund is a affiliate of the Allianz Group (NYSE: AZ), one of the world’s better providers of allowance and added banking services. For added information, appointment www.firemansfund.com

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