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MFRI BRINGS THE FIRE TO MARYLAND DAY
Established in 1999, Maryland Day is the University of Maryland’s largest community outreach event. The campus-wide celebration includes over 300 activities that encourage attendees to tap into discovery and new ideas.
More than 80,000 alums, friends, family and neighbors of all ages attended this year’s event, which was held on April 29th.
At MFRI’s demonstration space, hundreds of people of all ages learned how to extinguish a fire under the close direction of our trained fire fighters.
MFRI also brought our mobile sprinkler trailer, enabling attendees to watch first-hand as a fire sprinkler system extinguished a residential fire simulation.
Children and adults alike appreciated the MFRI fire hat giveaway. Volunteers also distributed coloring books, crayons and stickers and raffled off fire extinguishers and smoke detectors.
top: Multitudes of University of Maryland students came to the MFRI demonstration space on Maryland Day, where they practiced putting out a fire and obtained their very own firefighter helmets.
middle: Maryland Day attendees of all ages learned how to extinguish a fire under the instruction and supervision of MFRI volunteers.
bottom: MFRI’s mobile residential sprinkler trailer reinforced the fury at which fire can spread and demonstrated the effectiveness of a sprinkler system.
