Third grader Isabelle Clark gets a hug from Smokey Bear when employees from the state Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry’s location at Erving State Forest visited Fisher Hill Elementary School in Orange on Tuesday as part of Read Across America. District Forest Fire Warden Phil Gilmore stands in the background while classmate Armani Munoz waits his turn in India Eadie’s classroom. STAFF PHOTO/DOMENIC POLI

Smokey Bear and Herman Meattey, forest fire patrolman at the state Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry’s location at Erving State Forest, speak with students during their visit to Fisher Hill Elementary School in Orange on Tuesday as part of Read Across America. STAFF PHOTO/DOMENIC POLI

Smokey Bear and Herman Meattey, forest fire patrolman at the state Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry’s location at Erving State Forest, speak with students at Fisher Hill Elementary School in Orange on Tuesday. The students received gift bags filled with an activity book, copies of Smokey Bear’s origin story, rulers, pencils, erasers and coloring books. STAFF PHOTO/DOMENIC POLI