My friend Tricia arranged for a group of us to go and tour the downtown Fort Worth firehouse and it was so great! This is the one of the firehouses in town with the poles for the firemen to slide down. When we arrived one of the trucks and the chief were out on a call, but there were a few firefighters still there to lead our tour.
First they showed us around downstairs in the garage area. They spent a long time answering questions from everyone and then the kids got to go inside the truck. Nadia wasn’t so sure about it, but she got in line anyway. Amelie on the other hand was “all in!”
I thought the most interesting thing we learned was that the firefighters at this station all have to be trained in rope and entrapment rescue. I know there is a more technical term, but basically they do a lot of rescue for people who jump out of or fall out of buildings downtown. Plus they do hazardous materials rescue and save people who get trapped in confined spaces.
Fireman’s pole from above, below and with a fireman 🙂
The last thing they showed us was their gym. They are the only firehouse in town with a basketball court and all the workout equipment. They gave the kids a bunch of balls to play with and let them have at it. The kids had a blast! While we were upstairs the team that was out on a call came back and they came upstairs to see the kids too.
As we were walking down the stairs to leave the alarm went off and when the men saw what kind of call it was they took off to respond. We all thought that was kind of cool to see in action, but I didn’t get any photos since we were trying to stay out of the way.
This cool bell is on one side of the building. What a great time we had at the firehouse!
