Winter Play Dates: Touring the Fire Station

Last week for our play group we toured our local fire station.  James absolutely loves fire trucks so as you can imagine, he was in Heaven.

First we watched a safety video while everyone trickled in.  

When the movie ended, the chief took us on a tour of the station.  We went upstairs to see their living quarters.  The firemen do 48 hr shifts so they essentially live there for a few days.  

Then the chief took us out to see a real fire truck up close!  James was mesmerized.  The chief even sounded the horn and the sirens for us!  It was so loud we had to cover our ears!

I was hoping to see a fire pole and possibly attempt to slide down it if they'd let me buuuut the chief said it isn't practical anymore.  Maybe there were too many injuries.  haha darn, too bad.

Perfect play date.  We had fun AND it was FREE!