On Monday we went with our neighborhood playgroup to a McKinney Firehouse! It has a the start of a very neat museum, with items from the mid 1800's! The old time fire truck was from 1931. The pictures of the men on the wall were only a handful of the Fire Capetian's that took care of the city of McKinney. There were old hoses or nozzles. There were old fire hats, lanterns, masks, tool belts, and a couple hose reels that were drawn by horses or pulled by fireman. We saw the "Jaws of Life." The fireman were so nice-they gave us a demonstration by getting dressed in his fire retardant clothing, mask and all! I learned, although it should have been obvious, but, fireman do not use an O2 tank while fighting fires. Why not, you ask? Oxygen EXPLODES! They simply use AIR. Pretty neat, huh? We also got a demonstration of the pole! Kyle & Melanie really enjoyed that! Then we went on a tour of the living quarters. WOW! My tax dollars are hard at work! They have a media room, NOT a living room! They're equipped with a flat screen mounted to the wall, and several Lazy Boy type chairs with cup holders! In the kitchen they have 3 refrigerators and 3 pantry's. One for each shift-A, B, and C. They work one day on, and 2 days off. I wasn't sure the fireman said that right and I asked him twice. That's pretty nice! They have a balcony with picnic tables and a HUGE, fancy BBQ! They have a very equipped weight room, and a basketball court. Our McKinney Fireman are very well taken care of! And in return they seem to take very good care of McKinney! This was an AWESOME experience!
3 comments:
What a great experience for all of you! I can't believe their work schedule - 1 day on and 2 days off! CDF should ask their negotiators to go to work for them! Hats off to all the firefighters--it's a dangerous, difficult job. Love, MOM
Wayyyy cool. Did his jacket say Arlow???? You'll enjoy the Frisco Fire Safety town and tour as well.
WHAT AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE FOR ALL!! AND I'M SURE KYLE'S FAVORITE PART WAS THE POLE! SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE LIKES THAT! IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT MCKINNEY STILL APPERCIATES AND TAKES CARE OF THEIR FIREFIGHTERS AND MED. TECHS.WISH THEY WOULD SEND THE MESSAGE TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE THEY THINK THEY NEED TO "COST-CUT".THESE ARE THE VERY ONES WE NEED THE MOST IN EVERY TOWN! KUDOS TO THEM! GRANDMA LINDA
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