Tonight Brandon's Beavers club had arranged a visit for all of the kids to Wickford Fire Station. The kids all had a great time and were each given the opportunity to blast some cones off of some barrels using a fireman's hose. There was one poor fireman there who was dressed in full fire gear and was given the job of putting the cone back on the barrel for the kids at which point all the kids found it funny to squeeze the trigger and blast him with water. This poor fireman was soaked through to the skin after 16 kids had attacked him with a hose!!!
The kids were given a guided tour around a fire engine and were then taken inside to watch a video slip all about having a fire plan. Overall there was some really good tips for adults and kids such as shutting doors, testing fire alarms, keeping emergency keys by locked doors etc.etc. he kids were all advised that they could earn pocket money by nagging their parents to test their smoke alarms once a week - this has already cost me 50p as me and B went around the house and checked our 3 smoke alarms once we got home. The kids were also shown how to test shut doors with the back of your hand before opening the, and to crawl low to the ground when escaping from a burning house as the smoke rises. I was very pleased to hear the fireman tell all the kids that a "tidy house is a safe house" as we are always nagging them to put things away. The final key message was the "3 Outs" which the boys already know from Fireman Sam anyway - Get Out, Stay Out and Get the Fireman Out.
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| Brandon getting some hands on fireman training. |
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| The fireman demonstrating some of the more higher powered hoses. |
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| Hitting the top of the tree and soaking anyone in the adjacent park! |
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| The kids loved the fan attachment which s used to out between two houses that are both on fire. |
1 comment:
Auntie Lisa will be very jealous of this post! Think she would have happily volunteered to tag along! xxx
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