Fire Fire Fire

Fire Safety, are you ever to young to learn it?  No,  you should educate yourself and those you care about on FIRES and the danger they are.

 

For Activity Days we visited the local fire station.  I called on Sunday and explained to the firefighter we wanted to come and have them teach us a thing or two about fire.  Then, on Tuesday we took the girls and went to the fire house.  The fire fighter's met us at the door and let us know they had a special presentation for us!

 

We went out back to a little house (they use for drills).  It was small but the fire fighter explained what these girls could do to  keep themselves and their families safe in case of a fire.

 

At one point we started noticing smoke coming down the stairs.  Within minutes the whole house was filled with smoke (white vapors like they use in haunted houses) but it certainly gave the effect.

 

Previously he told us the mailbox was our meeting place.  The girls all ran out to the mailbox and he showed us how to account for each family member.  Then a fire fighter came over and fully geared up then crawled in the way the do in a real fire. 

This activity was not only amazing, but very educational to the girls as well as the leaders.  The fire fighters were more than happy to talk to us and then gave us a tour of the fire truck, that thing is full of stuff (no wonder it's so big).  To send us off they turned on the whistle and let the girls squirm a minute.  What a valuable lesson we learned that day!

A few tips we learned:
                                 1.  Have a meeting plan.  Do drills and talk about how and where you would
                                      meet in case of a fire in your home.
                                 2.  Change the batteries on your fire alarm once every 6 months rather you need
                                      them or not.  And test periodically to make sure it is working.
                                3.  Be careful when you are in the kitchen cooking or using fire.  NEVER play
                                      with matches.  If someone else is let an adult know.
                               4.  Keep your bedroom doors closed at night.  If your fire alarm goes off  do not
                                    open the door feel to see if it's hot and then escape through a window.
Call your local fire station, these fighters are trained and willing to share their info with you.  It could save your life!