Friday, January 20, 2012

Firemen in the Hood!

We hear a lot of sirens in this house. Between the "Day in the Life of a Fire Station" videos that we rent from the library and the collection of trucks that all make noise we hear sirens ALL DAY LONG! So, it was not surprising that when we heard sirens during dinner Tuesday night not one of us reacted, we just kept on eating, until it dawned on us"Mmmmm those are rather loud.... and rather close.... and the boys are sitting here with us..." Turns out there was a fire in our neighbors back yard! 30 foot flames!!! There is an empty space between our neighborhood and the one behind and the fire started in there and quickly consumed the fences between the houses. Needless to say we jumped up and ran over and the boys got to watch Bluffton Township Fire Department do what it does best...and it was better than ANY video from the library!!




I LOVE this photo!!

If you look close you can see them working....

Pnut insisted on going home and getting his fire suit and helmet on at this point. He was tired of just watching and wanted to get in on the action!!



The Captain was awesome...when he saw Pnut in his suit he immediately said "We need to put you to work! Here, get in!" Pnut got to sit in the truck and the Captain showed him the computer with the GPS mapping program with all of the fire hydrants marked in all of the neighborhoods. He let him press the buttons for the siren and the horn. Pnut impressed him when he picked up a face mask and the Captain said "Thats the mask that attaches to my air tank" and Pnut asked "I thought it was called an SCBA...why do you call them air tanks?" The Captain looked at me with a shocked look! LOL! I replied "All 4 year olds know what SCBA's are, right? I wasn't kidding when I said he was a fire groupie!!"



We loitered long enough that the crew had completely put the fire out and began their equipment cleanup. Pnut was in AWE! One of the guys stopped to let him hold the nozzle and even explained how their special thermal camera helps them put the fires out. SO COOL!!







Great job Bluffton Fire Department!!!

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