"Fire!"

"Fire!". Well your probably wondering why the title is "fire!". It is because on Thursday 21st October the Henderson Firefighters and one Glen Eden fireman visited Anawhata.

When they got here the whole of Anawhata came into our class (Room 17). They introduced themselves. Afterwards a fireman called Andrew talked to us about what you should do with matches if you find it on the floor and are they tools or toys. Andrew also told us where to put a candle.

After he showed us a video of a candle fire and how fast fire can spread and how dangerous smoke is. He showed us a flip chart of a girl in a fire while she was in bed and the fire alarm went off because it sensed smoke. Then she crawled out of bed, shut the door from where the fire was coming from, crawled to the window, got out and walked to their meeting place at the mailbox. Then she called 111 and he firefighters came with all their gear and used their hoses to close the fire down.

 Then we came to the most exciting part, we went out to the courts to see their fire truck! They let us have a little look at it and the we got in a huge line to have a turn to use the hose. After everyone had a turn the teachers had a little turn and then they put the hose away. One of the fireman got up the ladder and turned on the big hose and fired it in the air. The court that was getting sprayed had a lot of foam from the water that was being blasted so hard. It was awesome!

They left after they packed everything up. We sat on the steps while they were packing and then walked back to class. It was really fun that the firemen came so thanks firemen...... and the Anawhata All Stars teachers.