The boys have been asking me for a long time to take them to visit the fire station. Well, I finally brought them (and a few other friends) and it was an awsome little trip! The firemen (and woman) showed us around the station, the living quarters. Then they showed us what a fireman would look like if he ever had to fight a fire. We got to see what all there is on a firetruck and was given cool pencils, coloring books and stickers.
What I like to see is how they take pride in their stuff and care for what they have so that it lasts along time. They care about educating children and parents alike:) on staying safe and being prepared for if anything were to happen.
One of the little girls, Helen, that was with us today, her family experienced a house fire several years ago. (She would have been to little to remember - she knows only what her parents tell her) Her family has been able to recover from the fire and basically revamp the entire house. The house is near the fire station we were at and I asked the fireman if he was here and experienced her house fire. He said that he happened to be at another station that night but he remembers it well b/c a good friend of his was involved in letting that fire out. It happened to be not your typical house fire. It was coming up through the basement. There were two guys at the scene - one wanted to go in and one had a gut feeling that something was different and to not go in. Thank goodness they did not go in or they would have fallen thru the floor and they said that they would not have been able to escape.
There you go - there are some reasons that Firemen Rock!
1 comment:
How fun! You're such a good mom to take your kids places.
Mine are imprisoned to the house. Well, unless someone gets sick, then I will take them to the pediatrician.
Miss y'all!!
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