This past week has been Fire Prevention Week, which means there's been plenty of fire-themed activities around town. This weekend, several local firehouses held open houses.
We hit the open house at the Springdale Fire Company today. Now, I'm no connoiseur of fire station open houses. In fact, I used to have to be excused from Fire Prevention Week assemblies in elem
entary school because I was terrified of the films and of the soot-covered toys that had been rescued from tragic home fires. But the Springdale Fire Company really turned out a smokin' hot event for kids. Sam took a ride on an historic fire truck, "drove" a school bus and learned how to evacuate a school bus, operated a fire hose to put out a "fire" in a play house, and bounced in a bouncy castle while his parents munched on hot dogs. There was also a smoke trailer to teach kids how to safely evacuate in a fire emergency (this would have given me endless nightmares as a child; I'm sure my mom is cringing just reading this!), but Sam's too little for that. But he did take a couple of turns at the fire hose. He was too exhausted to stay for the stove fire demo, but I'll bet that was pretty cool.
Thanks, Springdale Fire Company! You guys rule.
