Thursday, September 10, 2009

Fire Station

This morning we went on a school outing to the fire station. Unfortunately it was cut short as they had a call out but we had half an hour of fun before that happened.

Niave was not at all keen about putting on a helmet so no cute picture of her in an over-sized battered yellow helmet. But the others got to try on the helmets and jackets and we all had a ride in the fire engine.
Then they did a mock drill where they came down the fireman pole and got into their gear, onto the truck and whizzing around the yard with sirens blaring and lights flashing! Then while they were busy spraying water all over the place they had a call about a car that was on fire. So then it was the real deal and we waved them goodbye as they raced out of the gates! They all had a good time even though some were not so keen on the noise factor.

Here are some pictures:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's so cool you did a fire station outing with your kids!!!
Lea's class also did it but I couldn't accompany them. I'm very sad! Apparently they all had a turn at holding the massive water pipe!!!! Did you also do it? Maybe your kids are a bit young!!!
Great stuff though!! i also want to go to the fire station!!