Hi boys and girls!  Welcome to Sparkles’ Kids Zone on Firelife.com!  Writing this column is so much fun because I get to share fire safety and all the adventures of the fire safety dogs!

Once again it is really hot out where I live. Is it really hot where you are?

In my last column, I shared a few safety tips for helping you keep safe from the sun this summer. Here’s another safety tip for the hot weather:

Drink Up!

It’s really important to drink water, especially when it is hot outside. Did you know that when you are sweating that your body loses water that your body needs to work properly? And if you do any activities like playing basketball or baseball or another sport, or running around, you sweat a whole lot more and you lose even more water!

Did you know that if you drink water before you get thirsty, you will keep the water level in your body from dropping to low? So get out that water bottle and start drinking up! We want you to be safe!

Siren the Fire Safety Dog - five months old (with our friend, Tango) trying on his vest for the very first time.

Siren the Fire Safety Dog - five months old and crawling low for the very first time in public.

Tango - nine years old with Siren , 10 weeks old.

Siren the Fire Safety Dog - nine weeks old

Siren the Fire Safety Dog - eight weeks old.

Siren the Fire Safety Dog - eight weeks old.

Siren the Fire Safety Dog - six weeks old.

Here is a video of Siren’s very first time on TV! He was on FOX25 in Boston when he was just 9 weeks old! Click on the picture to watch!

Siren the Fire Safety Dog with Tango, Firefighter Dayna, and Lt. Jim Peltier with the host of the FOX25 Boston Morning Show.

Siren has really grown up since then and has really worked hard on learning how to be a fire safety dog. Hope you have a very happy birthday, Siren! You’re a big dog now!

Our last Sparkles’ Safety Spot (episode 8) was live streamed right in the clubhouse! We dedicated the show to Angelica Riggins. We had a very special guest! Finnagus Sage from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (AR) was in the Clubhouse along with his human, Sue.  We shared all sorts of tips to help keep children and grown-ups safe!

Finnagus Sage the Law Enforcement Dog.

Finnagus Sage with his human, Sue

You can watch the recording of the live stream HERE! 

Big news! Tango the Fire Safety Dog is now on Facebook! He would love to have you as a friend! Click on the button below to join his adventures!

Sparkles’ Clubhouse is getting a new fence! The fire safety dogs are really excited!

 It is still too hot to paint the clubhouse, so we will do that this fall. Paint party!

Before we go, Siren [the Fire Safety Dog] is going to be in the August issue of FIDO Friendly magazine! Siren was selected by Fido Friendly Magazine as one of the top 50 in the world of dogs! The magazine will come out in July, so be sure to check Siren out! Betty White will be on the cover! How cool is that?

Wow, so many exciting things happening! So glad that you have joined us on firelife.com to learn all the latest scoop! If you want to learn all the latest, you’ll find it right here!            

I hope that you have been able to catch an episode of Sparkles’ Safety Spot either live on the web or recorded on the web! We have a blast and would love for you to join us! Below you will find more information!

 You can learn all about Sparkles’ Safety Spot (which airs live on the web the first and third Tuesday of the month) on the show’s website! You can also find free downloadable coloring pages, find out when the next show will be and more! Visit HERE to learn more!

Here are the airdates!

 FIRE SAFETY TIP

Make sure that the folks that you live with test your smoke alarm batteries once a month, and change the batteries two times a year!

Send me an email telling me what you do to help keep your family safe and I will share your story here on firelife.com!

Safety Dog’s upcoming schedule for August:

August 2nd~ Streaming live from National Night Out, Clarksville, AR!
August 2nd~ Siren the Fire Safety Dog’s 1st Birthday. Happy Birthday, Siren!
August 4th~ Siren, Tango and Firefighter Dayna on Fireengineering.com Talk Radio!
August 11th~ Tango’s 10th Birthday. Happy Birthday, Tango!
August 16th~ Sparkles’ Safety Spot. Streamed live on the web!
August 18-20th~ Trip to Canton, OH. More details later!
August 25-27~ BlogPaws 2011, Tysons, Corner, VA

FUN WITH SKYPE! 

Would you like for me and the other fire safety dogs to come to your school via Skype? Ask a grown-up to click HERE to learn more!