Lake Cunningham Fire Department is throwing open the gates at Blue Ridge High School this Saturday for Fire Day, a free community event packed with live fire demonstrations, a petting zoo and even a helicopter landing. Running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school on Fews Chapel Road in Greer, the event lands squarely in the middle of Fire Prevention Week and is built around a simple mission: teach people how to prevent fires and survive them.
According to WSPA 7News, visitors will see multiple live fire demonstrations designed to show how sprinklers save lives, alongside a kids zone stocked with games, a touch-a-truck activity, fire hoses and bounce houses. The station reports the event is explicitly framed around “the goal of educating the public on how to prevent fires and save lives.”
Petting Zoo, Chopper Landing and First Responders on Hand
Beyond the hands-on fire safety lessons, organizers are adding a dose of spectacle. The same WSPA report describes a petting zoo and a helicopter landing demonstration where attendees can meet first responders face to face, plus food trucks and retail vendors scattered across the grounds.
The timing isn't incidental. The event falls during Fire Prevention Week, the station notes, a nationally recognized stretch when fire departments ramp up outreach. This year's edition of the week is also centered on a specific hazard: safely charging lithium-ion batteries, according to the National Fire Protection Association.
A Coloring Contest With a Fire-Engine Ride at Stake
Fire Day isn't confined to the high school campus. Skyland Elementary is running its own fire truck coloring contest as part of the community's broader Fire Prevention Week push, the station's report notes, with cash and a ride on a fire engine among the prizes up for grabs.
The push for public fire-safety education isn't just a feel-good gesture. The U.S. Fire Administration has noted that sprinklers and smoke alarms can sharply cut the risk of dying in a home fire, based on federal data cited by FEMA's U.S. Fire Administration, though the specific figure carries lower confidence than the department's own event details.
Who's Behind the Event
Lake Cunningham Fire Department serves Greer out of two stations and is staffed primarily by career firefighters with volunteer support, according to a department profile from Digital Firehouse. The department is headquartered at 2802 N McElhaney Road in Greer, per the same listing.
For families looking to spend a Saturday morning learning something useful while the kids bounce around a inflatable or pet an animal, Fire Day runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Blue Ridge High School on Fews Chapel Road in Greer. Admission details weren't specified in the available reporting, but the event's focus, per the station's coverage, remains squarely on prevention and survival.
