This was such a cool experience, and I'm so grateful for our amazing friend who set it up for us!! How it started was that Kevin was observing some different businesses for a safety project at work. A friend of ours is a fire chief and was very kind to allow Kevin to hang out at the station for a day, going on a ride-along, and just observing a lot of great processes. This friend was also super kind to invite me and the kids to stop by at the end of the day as well for a tour of the station.
All the firefighters were so great, inviting, and helpful!!
We got to go for a quick ride in a fire engine!
Then we checked out the fire truck with its super long ladder ...
Which I ended up getting to go up in--yikes!!
I hopped on up while the platform was lowered, they slowly raised it up into the air (really high!!) ...
And then I climbed back down.
After that, the kiddos got a lesson on fire hoses.
Specifically, rolling them up--which, of course, means they first had to got to unroll them!!
Those things are heavy!
When we were all done it was time for chores.
So cool to get to wash up the fire engine along with the firefighters!!
What a great day for all of us. We're so grateful all the amazing guys (and gals I'm assuming) out there who devote their careers to this important work.
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