Hailey Mulvihill, an Ivy Hall Elementary third-grader, and her first-grade brother Carson, rode to class last week in a Buffalo Grove Fire Department truck. The pair won the trip after finding a Golden Ticket in one of the trick-or-treat bags they received from firefighters on Halloween. (Jamie Mulvihill~for Sun-Times Media)

Hailey Mulvihill, an Ivy Hall Elementary third-grader, and her first-grade brother Carson, rode to class last week in a Buffalo Grove Fire Department truck. The pair won the trip after finding a Golden Ticket in one of the trick-or-treat bags they received from firefighters on Halloween. (Jamie Mulvihill~for Sun-Times Media)

Hailey Mulvihill wears firefighters' headphones last week while on his way to class at Ivy Hall School. She and her brother, Carson, won the trip after finding a Golden Ticket in one of the trick-or-treat bags they received from firefighters on Halloween. (Jamie Mulvihill~for Sun-Times Media)

Carson Mulvihill wears firefighters' headphones last week while on his way to class at Ivy Hall School. He and his sister, Hailey, won the trip after finding a Golden Ticket in one of the trick-or-treat bags they received from firefighters on Halloween. (Jamie Mulvihill~for Sun-Times Media)

Jason Rutman (left) caught a ride to class at Meridian Middle School with fellow 10-year-old Adam Noodleman last week on a very special machine: a Buffalo Grove Fire Department truck, accompanied by Lt. Andy Russell, firefighter Chad McCormick and engineer Jim Vena. On Halloween, Adam was one of 1,000 Buffalo Grove trick-or-treaters to receive a goody bag from firefighters, and one of the five who found a Golden Ticket for a truck ride to school inside; he shared his experience with his friend Jason. (John Gilleran~for Sun-Times Media)