Students learn about fire safety

Loretta George/Tribune photo Fort Scott Firefighter Stuart Troutman demonstrates what one tablespoon of water does to a pot of grease on a kitchen stove during a fire safety simulation Wednesday for Joyce Davenport's Fort Scott High School Culinary Essentials class.

Fort Scott Firefighters presented a demonstration on fire safety Wednesday to Joyce Davenport's Fort Scott High School Culinary Essentials class. Members of the Fort Scott Fire Department set up a kitchen prop at the high school practice field to demonstrate a potential fire hazard. Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries, with unattended cooking the leading contribution factor in home cooking fires, according to information provided by FSFD Lt. Dave Bruner from the US Fire Administration.

Loretta George/Tribune photo Fort Scott Firefighters who presented a fire safety demonstration to Joyce Davenport's Fort Scott High School Culinary Essentials class, from left, Firefighter Clint Roberts, Reserve Firefighter John Lowry, Firefighter Stuart Troutman and Lt. Dave Bruner. Also pictured are Davenport Cherokee Ericson, Shantle Sheriff, Madison Berger and Kylie Bruner.