A few months ago I joined another online community for moms in our area. We do a lot of little play groups and outings, as well as chat online. Well this week we were lucky enough that one of our moms talked her fire captain husband into giving our kids a tour of the fire station and what it is to be a fireman.
They started out by showing the kids a dvd staring Elmo, about fire safety and how you never go back into your house when there is a fire. They then showed them the smoke detector and talked about getting out of your house as quickly as possible.
In the dvd, elmo was a little afraid of the fire man because he looked a little bit scary with his whole fireman's suit on. So then another fire fighter came in and put the uniform on piece by piece and explained what each piece was and how it protected them in a fire. Trying to help the kids understand that even though it looks a little scary, really they are the good guys and are here to help.
When we got to this point, princess M wasn't so sure anymore. She began looking around for me in a panic.
Then they showed how if the fire fighter falls down a sound starts to come out of his gear that helps the other fire men find him. It progressively got louder and louder.
Combined with the scary looking masked man, breathing through his oxygen mask, and the loud beeping, the princesses were not very impressed. LOL
After the demonstration on the gear, they let who ever wanted to, try it on. Our girls were to afraid, but a friends children did. They are about the same sizes as the girls so it gives you an idea of how it would have looked on them.
We then went out side to see the trucks. They were pretty impressive.
One guy got up on the top of the truck and started spraying water and then they got the other hose down and let each of the kids take a turn holding the hose and spraying the water. I was so proud of princess E. After all the other kids had taken a turn, and she saw that it wasn't so bad she decided she could do it too.
They loved their little 'fire chief' helmets they gave them. They wore them all day, even to the store. When people would stop us and tell us how cute they were, princess E would tell them, "I am fireman E, and this is my sister fireman M." It was so funny.
In the dvd, elmo was a little afraid of the fire man because he looked a little bit scary with his whole fireman's suit on. So then another fire fighter came in and put the uniform on piece by piece and explained what each piece was and how it protected them in a fire. Trying to help the kids understand that even though it looks a little scary, really they are the good guys and are here to help.When we got to this point, princess M wasn't so sure anymore. She began looking around for me in a panic.Then they showed how if the fire fighter falls down a sound starts to come out of his gear that helps the other fire men find him. It progressively got louder and louder. Combined with the scary looking masked man, breathing through his oxygen mask, and the loud beeping, the princesses were not very impressed. LOLAfter the demonstration on the gear, they let who ever wanted to, try it on. Our girls were to afraid, but a friends children did. They are about the same sizes as the girls so it gives you an idea of how it would have looked on them.We then went out side to see the trucks. They were pretty impressive.
One guy got up on the top of the truck and started spraying water and then they got the other hose down and let each of the kids take a turn holding the hose and spraying the water. I was so proud of princess E. After all the other kids had taken a turn, and she saw that it wasn't so bad she decided she could do it too.
They loved their little 'fire chief' helmets they gave them. They wore them all day, even to the store. When people would stop us and tell us how cute they were, princess E would tell them, "I am fireman E, and this is my sister fireman M." It was so funny.
Thank you firefighters for helping to keep us safe. 
2 comments:
That looks like it was tons of fun! Link would love something like that.
how fun!! what a great way to make sure kids aren't scared of all the things around firemen!
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