On Jan. 11, the school district and Town of Colonie joined together to help senior citizens stay safe at home.

North Colonie Superintendent Randy Ehrenberg, Town Supervisor Mary Brizzell, Executive Director of Colonie Senior Service Centers Edward Neary, and five North Colonie broadcast media students collaborated outside of Colonie's Public Operations Center Building to begin filming a safety video series called “Safe at Home in Colonie.”

The video series is intended to provide safety tips and best practices from Town of Colonie emergency and medical groups to primarily homebound senior citizens. Once the broadcast media students complete the series, it will be broadcast on the Town’s Public Access Channel (Time Warner Cablevision channel 17).

After the Jan. 11 filming, students will work with local police, fire and EMS personnel to stage rescue and informational scenes for the series. The first draft of the video is scheduled for completion at the end of January.

Also included in the filming: North Colonie’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Department Supervisor Dave Arnone, Broadcast Communications Teacher Kevin Smith, Deputy Chief of Police Richard Villa, Director of Emergency Management & Planning Michael Rayball, Chief of Emergency Medical Services Jon Politis, and Chief of Fire Prevention Investigation Peter Lattanzio, who were all instrumental in the development of this project.

Photo caption: Shaker High School broadcast media students film the introduction to the "Safe at Home in Colonie" video series.