Fire Station Trip

From Selina-Jane:
The first trip to the Fire station (on the 5th June) is completely full.
I have organised a second trip for the 12th June, which is also filling up fast. There are still a few places available on the trip on the 12th.
The second trip is on Friday 12th June, at 10:30 am and is at central fire station. The format and all the rest of the details are the same. At both tours I will have the fire wise materials in my boot, so people will be able to get anything they want off me then.

Contact Selina-Jane to sign up for this trip, or to get more information

Trip Details:
The tour will consist of a chance to look over, and climb over the fire truck/s (this will dependent on which trucks are available for us to look at on the morning). Brown watch will also show us the equipment they use, such as axes, hoses and fire sensing camera's....so there is a huge variety.
They will go over what firemen do all day, get dressed up in full rig to show the kids, and allow the kids to try on some of the uniform also. A lot is dependant on the day itself, as if it is a hideous day, then the tour will be confined to inside, so certain options will be out for us.
We will be shown all over the fire station, including in control rooms and such like.
They will divide us up into two groups....ages 0-7, and then 8 upwards, so that things can be more easily geared for each age group.
OSH rules limit a lot of what we are and are not able to do. Children will not be allowed to handle the fire hoses (although they may get to see the firemen doing this), they are also not allowed to slide down the fire pole (one of the guys will do it for us).
As Brown watch will be on call during the visit, they may have to leave at any time to attend a fire....if so, there will be someone else on hand to continue the tour, which may be a bit shorter. They do not do displays for school trips, but only for AMP shows and such like.
This is more of a chance to see in the fire station, than an educational trip, as we will organise a truck and team to come out in a few months to go over the information in the Fire Wise packs.
The tour will take 45 - 60 minutes, and there is parking inside the fire station ( through the large gates on Leith Street) for us to use....they have asked for us to limit our cars to about 10, so they still have room to do all the work they need to.