Actually, one new “kid”, who’s been “around the block” a few times when it comes to fire safety education, and her dog; The new kid is Dayna Hilton, a firefighter and fire safety educator in Clarksville, Arkansas and her dog is, Sparkles, a “best selling author” with over 9,000 copies of his book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, sold to date.

Ms. Hilton is a veritable dynamo of fire safety educator energy.  She’s a second generation firefighter who joined the fire service in August 2000.  She is also the owner of Firehouse Dog Publishing, LLC™ and the author of the children's fire safety book and audio book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog.  Ms. Hilton also hosts several other websites and blogs including, Ask a Firefighter,  FireSafetyEducator.com, the Playing it Safe blog on Firehouse.com and Safety Talk Radio.

As if that’s not enough to keep someone busy, Ms. Hilton is also a certified Public Fire and Life Safety Educator II and Firefighter II, serves on the Arkansas Fire Prevention Commission, as a deputy fire marshal for the State of Arkansas and serves on several national fire service committees. She is also an adjunct instructor for the Arkansas Fire Academy and a contract instructor for the National Fire Academy. She is the state educator contact for NFPA for the state of Arkansas, a member of the Home Safety Council's Expert Network and a Firehouse.com Contributing Editor.  Whew!  That’s one busy person.

But, heh, fire safety for children is an important subject with many messages that parents and children alike need to know about.  Ms. Hilton obviously has a passion for the fire service and fire safety education and we certainly need all the help we can get.  The children and parents of the USA are better off because of people like Dayna Hilton and her passion for helping others.  Take your kids and grab your mouse and go visit Dayna and Sparkles at “their place” Sparkle's website or Dayna Hilton's website.  Check out their Facebook pages at Sparkles' Facebook  or Dayna's Facebook.