Our Visit to FDNY Fire Zone to Learn Firefighting
By Onica 5/25/2014 01:17:00 PM BlogOne very early morning the fire alarm in our building went off. Loudly. Very loudly. The next few minutes was filled with a flurry of gettin...
One very early morning the fire alarm in our building went off. Loudly. Very loudly. The next few minutes was filled with a flurry of getting dressed, grabbing ID's, heading downstairs and out the building.
Thankfully there was no fire and everyone soon returned home, while they worked on turning off the very loud fire alarm system.
Note: FDNY Fire Zone did not invite me to visit or asked me to write about my visit, I did so on my own and wanted to share. The giveaway prize is being provided by Silver Dolphin Books and made for a great tie in. No other compensation was received. Any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.
After settling back into our apartment, I unclung my son from my hip and reassured him there was no fire and we were going to be OK. It took a few minutes but he started to calm down.
But I could still see the worry in his eye and he spent the next few moments asking me about the firefighters and if they'll put out the fire.
Well yes of course....
But I could tell my words weren't enough. So I started thinking how can I assure him that the firefighters would have come and put out the fire. Eventually I came up with the idea to visit FDNY Fire Zone!
The FDNY Fire Zone has lots of information about fire fighting but also a "Simulated Fire scene" activity where you can act out an escape plan. I thought this would be a great activity to empower my son (and myself) if we needed to deal with a real fire.
Sadly on the day we visited the firefighters were needed somewhere else, so we didn't get a chance to do the Simulated Fire scene. But it's good to know that learning tool is there!
We spent the rest of our visit to the FDNY Fire Zone, getting dressed like a firefighter,
exploring the fire truck where we made made "pretend" rescues
getting our own fire truck from the gift shop
and learning about the different fire equipment used to save lives. There's so much! I was amazed and touched at the same time. There's ALOT that goes into firefighting.
We enjoyed out trip to the FDNY Fire Zone and are just SO grateful for the men and women in the fire department that work to keep us safe. I hope that all of them enjoyed May 4th, 2014 which was International Firefighters' Day -- celebrating the dedication, heroism and importance of firefighters from all over the world.
The Fire Zone is New York City's state-of-the-art fire-safety learning center. General admission to the FDNY Fire Zone is free. The fee for the Fire-Safety Presentation is $6.00 for adults and children; and $2.00 for seniors (60 and over).
To learn more, visit - www.fdnyfirezone.org