Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog travels with
Firefighter Dayna Hilton, taking their fire
safety messages to children all across the
United States. The two belong to Johnson
County RFD 1 in Clarksville, Arkansas.
Together, the duo has reached millions of
children and their caregivers.
Sparkles and Hilton currently appear on
PBS KIDS Sprout On Demand and the
PBS KIDS Sprout Website sharing fire
safety tips and they have appeared on
FOX and Friends. Sparkles is the star of the
children's fire safety book and audio book,
Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, in 2007
there were more than 1.5 million fires reported in the United
States. These fires caused 3,430 civilian deaths, 17,675 civilian
injuries, and $14.6 billion in property damage. In that same
year, there was a civilian fire related death every 30 seconds.
Sparkles and Firefighter Dayna hope to help change these
unfortunate statistics, one presentation at a time.
The award-winning, critically acclaimed children's fire safety
book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, has received national press
coverage, including the Chicago Tribune newspaper and
Chicago Tribune webpage, the Baltimore Sun webpage, Tulsa
World newspaper, Firehouse.com, IFSTA publications, The
Pennsylvanian Firemen, and many more. More information can
be found HERE.
Television appearances have included WXIN and WTHR in
Indianapolis and WLS in Chicago. Hilton has been interviewed
by Book Bites for Kids and a podcast for First Alert. In August
2008, Sparkles and Spanner appeared on the cover of the
Chicago Pet Directory.
Book tours have been held with major appearances in
Indianapolis, Chicago, Boston, Nashville. Sparkles and Hilton
have participated in events held in cooperation with the
Chicago Fire Department, the Nashville Fire Department
and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office, among others.
Events have also been sponsored by First Alert, the
International Fire Service Training Association and the Home
Safety Council.
Over 10,000 copies of Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog have
been sold to date. In addition, Sparkles website and blogs
are visited by people from around the world.
| Click on the picture below to watch Firefighter Dayna, Sparkles and Spanner on FOX and Friends. |
| Firefighter Dayna, Sparkles and Spanner in New York City on FOX and Friends. |
| My name is Sparkles, and I am a fire safety dog. One of my favorite things is to help firefighters teach fire safety. I love helping show children, just like you, how to crawl low under smoke. I also love to ride on fire trucks. It is so much fun! It is super important to have an escape plan and an outside meeting place. Your meeting place can be a fence, a mailbox, or even a tree! Just make sure that everyone in your home knows where your outside meeting place is in case of fire and practice your home escape drill two times a year. Most of all, remember to practice fire safety everyday and you will be a super Junior Firefighter! |
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| Click on the picture below to watch Firefighter Dayna, Sparkles and Spanner on FOX and Friends. |
| Firefighter Dayna, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and Spanner in New York City on FOX and Friends. |
| MORE ABOUT SPARKLES |
| Learn all about Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog on "Working Like Dogs" on Pet Life Radio. |
