Fire Station Fun

A friend from Church set up a Fire Station Field trip. She home schools, and she asked if I would like to go. Of course I said yes! The neat thing is, while we were cleaning the garage, I found an old video tape, and on the tape was an old episode of Rescue 911, and it just "happened" to have a segment about fire, and how the children knew what to do properly during the fire, and saved their family.

I had the girls watch it before we went today. They found the video fascinating. I thought it was great, since it emphasized fire and firefighting.

A fireman shows the children the insides of a rescue truck

The fireman all decked out in his gear. Bean found this to be "scawee" and didn't get too close

A firefighter showing the children all the equipment on the Engine. My friend asked sweetie what her favorite part was, and Sweetie said, "The Broom!"

After the firefighter dressed in his costume, this left Bean a bit unsettled. She decided to take a time out for a minute.

Ok, she is fine now. She was the first one to get into the Engine. She wanted to go again too!

Sweetie giving Mommy a nice smile inside the engine

Bean has completely warmed up to this field trip now. She gets to try out the fire hose!

Sweeties turn

Mommy even gives it a go! Tiny Boy taking it all in.

We really had a great time. The firemen were great at giving the tour. You could tell that they really liked what they did, and enjoyed showing off all the neat fire fighting things to the children. They even let them touch the water coming out of the hose.
When they blew the Engine's sirens, the fireman said, "Ok, everyone plug your ears." I couldn't plug Tiny Boy's because he was on my back. But once the siren died down, Tiny Boy laughed out loud with glee. He liked the noise!

We also took a picture on an old Engine that was from 1938. Regrettably, I can't show you that one for security reasons.