Educating & informing: FPW finale at Whiteman

Members of Team Whiteman gather for a group photo prior to the start of the fire prevention finale parade at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 15, 2016. Fire prevention week is an annual event recognizing fire safety hazards and ways to prevent them from happening. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Educating & informing: FPW finale at Whiteman

Members of the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron drive fire safety vehicles as part of a fire prevention parade at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 15, 2016. The parade passed through base housing and concluded at the base commissary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Educating & informing: FPW finale at Whiteman

Brig. Gen. Paul W.Tibbets IV passes out candy to members of Team Whiteman during a Fire Prevention Week parade at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 15, 2016. The parade passed through base housing and concluded at the base commissary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Educating & informing: FPW finale at Whiteman

A firefighter assigned to the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron assist a Whiteman youth in using a fireman’s hose to demonstrate firefighting techniques. The fire prevention week finale gave participants an opportunity to see firsthand techniques used by Whiteman firefighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Educating & informing: FPW finale at Whiteman

Whiteman leadership pass out candy to base housing residents during a Fire Prevention parade at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 15, 2016. The fire prevention parade was the finale to Whiteman’s annual fire prevention week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Spark the Dog, a fire prevention mascot, hugs a Whiteman youth and awaits another to join for a group photo at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 15, 2016. Members of Team Whiteman along with the fire prevention mascots met with families and passed candy to youth as part of the parade finale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Smokey the Bear, a fire prevention mascot, awaits a high fives from a Team Whiteman youth at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Oct. 15, 2016. Smokey along with two other fire prevention mascots participated in the parade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovan Banks)

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Educating & informing: FPW finale at Whiteman

Published Oct. 21, 2016
By Senior Airman Jovan Banks
509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Fire prevention week is an annual event recognizing fire safety hazards and ways to prevent them from happening.