Fire Station Fieldtrip

Our 1st field trip with Allie's preschool class was to the fire station in south Gilbert. One of her classmates dad works there so we got to take the full tour and check everything out. The firemen put on their full suits and let the kids come touch the gear and check it out so they wouldn't be afraid. Allie was a little unsure of the fireman once he was all suited up. She went up and touched him for about a 1/2 a second and then just stood back and observed instead.

The kids learned a couple songs to sing to the firemen - it was pretty cute. We then checked out their kitchen and their sleeping quarters. They did a mock emergency and turned on the alarms and lights. Allie said that was her favorite part :-)

Drew and I got to tag along, and Drew's favorite part was the fire truck itself - he was fascinated by it. The kids were able to climb into the front of the truck, and Drew was ready to bunk in and stay there forever... It was pretty cool to see all this stuff, and the kids were so knowledgeable about fires and fire safety it was pretty cute.