On Friday, Year 1 students had a visit from some of our local firefighters. The aim of the visit was to assist students in developing an understanding of the dangers of fire and the appropriate response in a situation where fire was involved. Our local firefighters engaged students in interactive, collaborative learning experiences to promote their understanding of good and bad fires, the dangers of smoke, the role of the emergency services in helping in a fire emergency, safety around fires and having a school and home escape plan. Students listened to an interactive educational talk where they were taught how to:

• Call 000 for help and be reminded of the importance of knowing their home address.
• What to do if for some reason you catch on fire – you should protect your face, stop, drop and roll! 
• We learnt to get down low and go, go, go!
• Discussed how to get out and stay out – get out of the house and meet your family by the letterbox. 
• We saw what firefighters look like when they are all dressed up in their protective gear and heard how funny they sound when they have the oxygen tank on. This helps students to feel familiar with this if they are ever in an emergency. 

We then went outside and explored the fire truck and all of the cool things that are stored inside it. We saw some of their tools, hoses and heaps more. 

Finally, the students and teachers all got a turn at spraying the hoses – this was our favourite part! 

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Shalene Geldenhuys, Year 1 Team Leader