Fire Prevention Week 2015

Usually I start off the Fire Prevention Week assembly at the school outside, taking pictures. This year I decided to wait inside, and take video. 

I really know how to mix things up, huh?

Ignore the child at :06 racing back from the bathroom.

Alarm goes off, and at :12, the kids discover the primary exit is blocked. They weren't expecting that, but they immediately knew to turn around and head the other way! Awesome job, guys!

:28 remembering to wave to Mommy on the way out (Christopher ignored me).

:56 everyone out - and the fire department is already here! Amazing response time!

Ignore the pink ribbon of death.

1:53 head count complete, we are missing one! Aaliyah must still be inside! Oh, no!!

2:17 Emmett vows, "We'll find her! We will!!"

Meanwhile, the flames rage on...

EMS and Fire personnel do their thing:

Tommy suits up with absolutely no one helping him, because we are busy video taping.

:30 Cody asks, "Does he realize he has that on upside down?"

:36 Yes, he does.

1:17 Alex has located the victim, and gives the others directions.

1:25 The exceptionally brave Cody announces, "If it's on fire, I'm not going in."

They found her!

:26 Aaliyah looks like she isn't entirely sure what "intubating" is, but she doesn't think she wants me doing it.

:48 Her classmates are literally jumping for joy.

She was whisked off to the ambulance, given oxygen, and pronounced fit to join the rest of the school in the auditorium.

Alex makes sure everyone knows what we look like when we come into a fire.

Tommy explains what each part of our gear does.

The intrepid EMS crew

Our safety officer, who always seems to be on the verge of shaking his head at us.

Showing off the latest in Wildland Fire fashion.

The students were all very attentive.

Shane...not so much.

And then we got to train some future firefighters!

P.S. She DOES have jackets that fit, but Daddy gave her this one. Three years ago.

Alex always gets the fun jobs.

I didn't get a shot of Christopher with the hose, because he knocked the whole house down!

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped, and to HRMP Elementary for letting us come and play with you!

Fire Prevention Week - or, why I didn't get the dishes done this morning

Oh, no! The fire department was just paged out for a fire at the Elementary School!

Fortunately, my new portable comes equipped with a time travel device, so I was able to arrive at the school before the alarm actually went off.

This gave Logan time to don appropriate protective clothing.

Mrs. Shaw even had time to start the timer on her cell phone before pulling the alarm.

And in exactly 54 seconds, everyone was out of the building and had their cameras ready.

The fire trucks arrived lickety split, and the firefighters started suiting up.

Oh, no! Word just came that one of the fifth graders (okay, the only fifth grader) was left behind! Good thing the ambulance came, too!

Some of the firefighters make entry, while others ready the stretcher just in case.

I think I see someone coming!

They found him! Whew!

Into the ambulance to get checked out...

Um...there appears to be a small house in the ambulance...

That's okay, he seems to have recovered nicely!

Mrs. B is quite relieved. He is her favorite fifth grader, after all. Okay, only. But, still.

Note junior firefighter supervising:

On to the cafeteria for Tommy's fire safety talk...

The entire student body. Plus some home schoolers. And my baby. I love our school!

...which Christopher appears to be sleeping through.

 Someone seems to have stolen my baby.

But, he has stolen her glasses, so there.

Christopher woke up for the good stuff.

like Mark showing how firefighters search for people:

Many toes were grabbed, but none were squished in the making of this blog post.

Boo!

 See, fire fighters aren't scary!

Strange, but not scary!

Some of them are pretty hot, too:

We're pretty partial to this one.

Some of that hotness comes from all the gear.

Enough of this! 

That feels much better!

Good listeners:

Explaining what to do in a fire.

A REALLY junior fire fighter:

Time for everybody to try it out! And there just happens to be another building on fire outside.

Hose ready?

We're ready!

Fire away!

 

Hey, Mom's distracted taking pictures, let's see how high we can get up this wall...

I know this handsome boy - 

This young lady makes it look so effortless:

This one has more of a take-no-prisoners approach!

And, who was behind that house, putting the flames back up each time?

Thanks, Alex! High fives all around!

Aaaaaaand, back to math class. Actually, they went straight into recess - we pick the smart teachers for our school. Thanks to the firefighters for a great morning, and thanks to the school for letting us come play again!