Scott Johnson, a Vicksburg firefighter and emergency medical technician, holds the department’s Dalmatian, Nikki, as 4- and 5-year-old children of God’s Little Angels preschool visit the pup Wednesday. The children are, from left, Terrance Guinn Jr., Tekiroa Guinn, Jaime Gilliam, Charles Swartz III and Khaliah Davis. Getting to know Nikki was part of the department’s emergency medical services day for children at City Park.(Meredith Spencer The Vicksburg Post)