Last night we had our annual Open House at the Fire Station. It is a night where we invite everyone in the community to come and learn about fire safety, eat some food, and enjoy fun activities. The kids love to climb around on the trucks and go for rides. They also can spray water from a fire hose, talk to the clowns and see fun demonstrations. We even had AirMed come and land in the parking lot and stay for awhile. The neatest thing about this year's open house, though, is that we built two mock living rooms that we actually lit on fire. The first room, we let flash over and then we put it out with a hose. The second room had a fire sprinkler installed in the ceiling to show how effective sprinklers are at putting out fires. (The funnest thing about it all, is that Rick and I were the ones that got to suit up in full turnout gear and our SCBA's and spray the fire out!)
Cambree and her friend Avery, eating Pizza and cookies
Air Med
Travis and the girls
Cambree and her Grandpa
Me and Rick getting ready
right before flashover
waiting to move in
starting the attack
after the fire
Me and Calee
what was left of the room
Carter and Josh with the Air Med helicopter
Calee giving "HoseTower" (Brendan) a hug
