Merrimac: Merrimac firefighter Michael McLeieer shows off a lighter, one of several items he shows children when he speaks to break the ice with them in an excercise he calls "tools versus" toys, showing items that children know not to or to play with. He founded the non-profit organization E.S.C.A.P.E. (Education Showing Children and Adults Procedures for Evacuations) which was created to teach children and adults about fire prevention, CPR and first aid.

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