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The Friends of Heritage State Park, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, invited the community to meet with and learn more about our public safety and services agencies, program and products at Public Safety Day held on May 16, 2009 at Heritage State Park. The event featured displays by Fall River Police, Fire and EMT personnel and other public safety organizations including the Bristol County Sheriff and Bristol County Mosquito Control offered the public a chance to learn ways of increasing their own safety. Human service agencies, including Children In Balance, the HealthFirst Family Care Center, SSTAR Family Healthcare Center, the Fall River Housing Authority, and the Samaritans, were also on hand to offer information. Parents were able to have their children fingerprinted with the Sheriff's office for future identification. Click here to see photos of the 2005 Public Safety Day. For more information about the event, contact Paul Simister, president of the Friends of Heritage State Park at 508-675-6373 or 508-353-0416.
 

(Top row, left) Six-year-old Amber Servant and three-year-old Ethan Torres of Fall River climb through one of a dozen fire trucks from as far away as Easthampton, MA, during the Safety Day exhibits. (Top row, center) Fall River Burger King manager Stephanie Machado is locked up in the back of a Fall River cruiser by Officer Mike Silvia outside of the Heritage State Park visitors' center at Battleship Cove. (Top row, right) Fall River Police Department Emergency Response Team member Richard Aguiar helps Amber Servant fire a pellet gun at a target. (Middle row, left) Maura and Lea Whittey of Freetown, MA, get fingerprinted by Deputy Nelson Brum of the Bristol County Sheriff's Office. (Middle row, right) Maura Whittey and her mother, Sarah, look over material provided by Fall River Tobacco Control coordinator Marilyn Edge. (Bottom row, left) Brody Bshara is accompanied by his grandmother, Bella, at the Massachusetts Tobacco Control table. (Bottom row, center) Fall River Children In Balance Project Manager Marcia Picard hands two-year-old Belladora Ramos a banana while her four-year-old sister Zoey looks over the display. (Bottom row, right) Priscilla Matton of the Bristol County Mosquito Control program talks with Lydia and Steve Ramponi of Derry New Hampshire who accompanied their son to a Boy Scout sleep-over on the nearby U.S. Massachusetts battleship.

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