We have heard about how the stations are open to the public on Saturday mornings, but we've just never gotten round to visiting. Evan loves all things vehicular and has become curious about fire engines and ambulances since seeing several on the road with sirens on. So we thought it was a good time to pay them a visit.
We decided to visit the Central Fire Station on Hill Street. Best time to show up - 9am sharp. When we arrived at 9.15am, there was already a large group of kids and parents listening to the briefing and demonstration.
Kids get to ride sit on the trucks, use the water hose, take pictures with the scdf crew and look inside the vehicles.
The fire bell went off a couple of times when we were there and the kids were really excited watching the engines go off with sirens blaring. There was even a fire fighting demonstration with the fire scdf personnel jumping down 3 stories using the fireman pole (I'm sure there's a proper name for it - can someone enlighten me?)
And here's another reason why you should visit the Central Fire Station - there's a heritage gallery with lots of fire engines on display, interactive activities and gift shop to browse. The biggest bonus - it's aircon!!!
At the end of the visit, Marc said he didn't want to be a fireman. When I asked him why, since I thought sliding down 3 stories on a pole would appeal to him lots - he said its because he has to get changed within 30 seconds. Evan was quite overwhelmed and insisted on being carried throughout the visit, but couldn't stop talking about the engines when we left.
A big shout out to the scdf personnel who take the time to educate and entertain their little visitors every week. We all enjoyed ourselves - and it's free! Highly recommended!
