Fire Brigade Visit to School

As if it wasn't hot enough at the moment, a detachment from the Saudi fire brigade paid a visit this morning to give a demonstration of some of their fire fighting and rescue skills.  They were invited by the Reception classes who have been studying 'Carers and people who help us' but we all enjoyed their visit.  They showed us a selection of cutting and rescue tools, which are sadly used a lot here in the Kingdom with the number of car crashes that we have.  That's why Nurse Eileen is so insistent that we all wear our seat belts.  We got to see Mr. Suter putting out a fire on the playground, and then Farah in 5S became the envy of everyone watching as she got to squirt the fire engine's hose across the playground.  Thank you Reception for inviting us!

Aren't they supposed to be red?

The inner workings of the fire truck.

How many firemen does it take to put out a fire?

Demonstrating their hydraulic rescue equipment.

Hydraulic jack.

Hang on - aren't they supposed to put fires out?

Uh oh!

What's this coming out of the mist?

Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?

Mr. Suter to the rescue...

This is how it's done!  Cool as a cucumber.

Farah gets to squirt the world's biggest water pistol!