Today we had Platoon A from the Welshpool Fire Station come and visit all Year 3 classes to discuss the very important issue of Fire Safety. Our incursion started with a fire safety talk, where we looked at different images and had to pick the fire hazard out of the pictures. Jayden was very impressed with our knowledge about fire safety and we were able to point out many different fire hazards.
Once we learnt all about different fire hazards, we then learnt what to do if there is a fire at home and at school. Over the next few weeks at school, we will be creating a fire action plan to implement at home if there is a fire!
After we learnt all about fire safety, we got to explore the fire trucks. We were very lucky as we had 3 fire trucks come to our school. Mrs S even got to dress up as a fire fighter, but she found the suit was very heavy. We all laughed at her because she looked very funny! The fire fighters were very nice and let us squirt the water from the hoses. It was so much fun!
Some of the main messages we got form this incursion were:
- Call 000 if there is a fire emergency
- If you hear the smoke alarm going off at home, the most important thing is to get out of the house and away from the fire. Don't try to get your favourite toy or your family. They will be waiting for you outside.
- You must keep everything a meter from the heater.
- If there is a fire, drop down low and go go go.
- Matches and lighters aren't toys they are tools.
- Firefighters don't just put out fires they do many, many different jobs. Some of these include rescuing people from car crashes, saving animals, helping people who get locked out of their cars.
We had such a great incursion! Thank you Platoon A!
