Fireman Ben

Ben is really into firemen right now, and everything that goes along with it. There is a show on the telly here called Fireman Sam, and Ben just loves to watch it.

Today all the preschool "leavers" (those moving on to primary school next year) had a trip to the local fire station. Ben put on his fire hat and was all ready to go! He was very interested in everything the firemen had to say, and shared several comments of his own!

The kids got to see the different parts of the truck, including the hoses, nozzles, fan and cutters. One of their teachers got to try on a fireman suit. The kids got a chance to hold the nozzles (very heavy) and later each child had a chance or two to spray some water.

There were no fire calls during our visit, but the kids got to hear the fire alert siren in the station as well as the sirens on the truck.

Ben is now one step closer to his dream of becoming a fire fighter!