Field Trip to the Airport Firestation

The firefighter drives the #5 Firetruck around the parking lot for a demonstration

 They have a bright yellow bus to escort people from the airport if there is ever a fire

 The preschoolers watch as the firetruck backs up

 The firetruck lifts it crane 

 The firefighter attaches the hose to the truck to fill it up with water

 The hose is very long. It takes two firefighters to stretch it out.

 Opening the fire hydrant to fill the hose

 The firefighter shows the preschoolers the equipment inside the truck

 Jax's dad is a firefighter at the airport. He gave us the grand tour of his station.

 The firetruck shoots out water

 Look how high the crane reaches. It has a sharp point at the end to puncture an airplane so they can squirt water inside of it.

 Water can squirt out of the truck from two different hoses

 We get to see the tools on board the truck. The firefighter shows us a big pair of pliers.

 Here is a small hose

 The kids get to feel the water filling up the hose with their feet

 The preschoolers get to take a ride in the fire truck. We get to see the different hoses in front squirting out water.

 The firefighter shows us the oxygen tanks that are inside the chairs on the truck.

 The firefighter dresses up in his fire resistant suit. The kids said they were not scared!

 During our fire truck ride we see cargo airplanes

 We also spotted the control tower at the airport

 We saw small airplanes too!

 The fire station also has a police car

 Jax and Brooklyn with their dad

 Trying on fire fighter helmets

 Oh man are those helmets heavy!!

 The children went on a walk and we spotted a fire hydrant. We discussed how the fire fighters hook up their hoses to the hydrant to put out fires in the neighborhood.

 They discovered that some of the bolts on it were in the shape of an octagon.

A BIG THANK YOU TO JAX & BROOKLYN'S DAD FOR THE AWESOME TOUR OF THE FIRESTATION! WE LEARNED SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TOUR THE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY STUDENTS AND THE TUESDAY, THURSDAY STUDENTS!!!