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The Kasey Program© is an exciting and educational program that teaches children fire and life safety skills.  Kasey and her partner firefighter/paramedic Jeff Owens travel the country bringing their life saving message to all that will listen.

Jeff Owens, a firefighter/paramedic for more than 20 years, developed the program in 1994 and has watched the program grow from less than 100 programs annually teaching less than 3,000 people to now scheduling approximately 400 programs and reaching more than 400,000 people annually.

The Kasey Program is sponsored by Koorsen Fire and Security, with their corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Koorsen Fire and Security has built its business on providing safe environments to work and live in and wanted to be a major player in protecting our young people from injuries that are preventable.

Kasey is a black Labrador retriever who has been trained to demonstrate the life saving skills taught.  During the program Kasey demonstrates how to:

      stop, drop and roll

      feel a door to see if it’s hot before opening it

      knowing two ways out of every room

      telling an adult when you find matches and lighters

      crawling under smoke to escape

      call 911 when you have an emergency

      have a meeting place outside our home

Through Kasey performing many of the life safety skills and the use of music this important life safety message is given to the children in an entertaining and educational manner. Kasey is a certified therapy dog through the Delta Society; she has been trained in search and rescue and teaches our children their fire and life safety skills.

Kasey wears the badge of the Indianapolis Fire Department and is based in the Indianapolis area.

Some of Kasey’s achievements are:

      Certificate of Achievement by the Indiana Emergency Medical Service Commission for Children.

      Honored by Mayor Bart Peterson, Mayor of Indianapolis, for her achievements in child safety education.

      The 2005 Indiana Vetinary Medical Association Pet Companion of the year.

      News stories by Dateline, CNN, as well as all area Television media.

      Certificate of Achievement by the Indiana Safe Kids Coalition.