Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski reads to kids at Next Door Foundation

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee's fire chief, Aaron Lipski, did a little reading and rhyming Friday for third-graders at the Next Door Foundation's 29th Street campus Friday. 

It's part of Next Door's month-long Read for Children campaign. 

The idea is to encourage kids to read, but Chief Lipski has another motive as well.

"You know, we always try to work in just a little thread of fire safety any time we interact with young children," Chief Lipski said. "And it has played itself out that that locks in with a kid."

Mayor Cavalier Johnson did a reading session early this week, and anyone can volunteer to read to the kids. 

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