Fun Fact: Clowning Around for Safety Education
MedStar has a cadre of ‘Safety Clowns’ who help kiddos learn about safety and emergency medical care! These specially trained MedStar team member are graduates of our “Clown College”, an 8-hour training program that teaches them the history of clowning, types of clowns, how to be a clown, make up, costume, balloons, magic, performance tips, and how to conduct skits. During Clown College, they also develop their clown ‘persona’ (alter-ego 😉).
The program launched in 2014, and there are 7 current members of our Clown Team:
- Crystal “Miss Sprinkles” Aquirre
- Jimmy “Nitro Stat” Aycox
- Taylor “Sprinkles” Cuthbertson
- Laurence “Corn Flakes” Lau
- Julia “Giitterbug” Livingston
- Anita “PinkStar” Meadows
- Amber “Miss Pickles” Munoz
- Jason “Jelly Bean” Reed
These dedicated individuals attend numerous community events throughout the year, delighting thousands of kiddos (and maybe some adults?) teaching them about EMS, how to stay safe, and what to do in an emergency.
To see facts about MedStar “one of the least understood organizations in the community,”, click here: https://www.medstar911.org/category/news-and-press-releases/
To learn more about MedStar, and the EMS system, feel free to visit the Fort Worth City Manager’s EMS FAQs here: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citymanager/med-star
To learn more about the ongoing EMS System assessment, click the City of Fort Worth news release here: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2024/2/ems-fitch-recommendations
And, see a recent news report from the Fort Worth Report here: https://fortworthreport.org/2024/02/20/fort-worth-is-considering-four-potential-ems-models-heres-what-theyd-do/
