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Sunday, September 18, 2011

136/365 - Central Fire Station


Located on Hill Street and built in 1908, the Central Fire Station was Singapore's first fire station and is still in use today.  Every Saturday from 9-11am, the fire station is open to the public and entrance is free.  Visitors are free to look around the ambulances, fire engines...



Check out the fire hoses...

Sit on the emergency motorcycles...  

Put on the firefighting gear...  

Sit on the cherry picker...  























We met real firefighters and asked them questions about their job.  We learned that they experience around 25 major fire disasters each year.  We also learned that there are female firefighters in Singapore!  We were treated to a pole sliding demonstration (of both the American and Singapore style), and we were asked to come back in two weeks' time when they will have a real fire fighting demonstration.  Amazing!  Who's coming with us?
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2 comments:

  1. Elena KarplusSeptember 30, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    I went up on a cherry picker at my kids' school. Thought I was going to have a panic attack:-) When I got off, I felt much better!

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  2. TracyOctober 4, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    Haha! That's funny - they really do go incredibly high. While we did do everything else at the fire station, both girls refused to try the cherry picker. Maybe next time!

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