Coeur d'Alene Fire Capt. Nate Hyder hoses students with 500 gallons of water Thursday during a fire engine visit to Fernan STEM Academy on the final day of the 2023 CDA Reads program. Nearly 160 kindergarten-through-fifth graders attended the literacy intervention camp this summer with more than 80 middle school mentors to assist them with their reading needs.
July 28, 2023
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A throng of children chanted: "Water! Water! Water!" After a quick countdown, Coeur d'Alene Fire Capt. Nate Hyder unleashed 500 gallons of water on dozens of elementary and middle school kids who cheered, squealed, danced and pranced about beneath the cooling shower from the fire engine. "We love it," Hyder said with a big smile. "It's just a drop in the bucket for us."