A Visit to Station 18

Q's Cub Scout den visited a firehouse today and siblings were invited to tag along. So the kids and I (poor R missed out on the action) went to visit our local firehouse - Station 18. The experience was really educational. The best tip I came away with; if you are trapped in a room because of a fire, and you are waiting for the fire fighters to rescue you, stay by the window but DON'T OPEN the window - it creates suction and all the smoke and fire will be drawn to the room.

Q was pretty eager to answer every question the firefighters asked - even if he didn't know the answer, he'd raise his hand and say, "Umm. I don't know." When the boys were asked, "If you are on a second story and you can't get through the house to go outside, what should you do?", Q said he would take his pillow, throw it down on the ground outside and jump off the balcony onto the pillow. Hmmm... I think we might need to discuss a fire evacuation plan at our house.