Today Room 8 joined Room 6 outside to watch a demonstration of the use of fire extinguishers...and to learn about fire safety. I learned something...I did not know there were multiple types of fire extinguishers! Now I know!
Fireman Shawn told us about the 3 types of extinguishers they had there. One type is used to put out fires that cause ash...paper, wood, etc. It has water in it! This is NOT to be used for a gasoline fire. They lit a fire using fuel...and then sprayed water on it. Oh my gosh, the fire got so much larger! There is one extinguisher that is used for any type of fire. That is what this photo of the extinguisher is. I don't know if you can see the pictures on the label that show the different fires it can extinguish.
To use an extinguisher, remember PASS - Pull the pin....Aim....Squeeze....Sweep. He told us it's important to aim at the BASE of the fire.
We also learned the difference between fire trucks. There's the ladder truck....it has ladders! The rescue truck....it has rescue equipment....the trucks are named according to the job they do. The engines are numbered...we had Engine 5 come visit...and the person who drives the engine - well, that's the engineer!
We learned a lot from our valuable firemen today! Thank you for coming to our school!
1 comment:
wow mrs johnston that looks so cool!! So you know im sterlings sister Danielle. bye
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