Fire Station @ Hill Street

Was told by a friend that the SCDF fire stations conduct a free open house every saturday from 9-12noon. Thought that it would be an interesting place for the Little One to visit and of course, the fact that its free, was a big plus point for us! Already running out of places to bring the Little One to these days.. so off to a fire station we went! The Big one thought that if we were going to visit one, why not the one on Hill Street, which coincidentally was celebrating its 100 years birthday this year. So here's a funny picture of the both of them, doing the "STOP" sign.. cos we must give way to the fire engines. LOL

The fire station had all these fire engines that the members of the public could try ou. The Little and Big One tried their hand at driving one of these :) Its really high so daddy had to get into the seat first, before i lifted the Little One to him. Clearly, the Little One was having a lot of fun just trying to move the steering wheel around... vvrrroooommmmm...

They also laid out all sorts of equipment for us to touch.. like this safety hat that had a very cool visor.. doesn't it make him look a bit like Darth Vader? I tried it on too.. but it got kindof stuck. Maybe my head is too big??

Then we went over to the Ambulances.. again, the Little One was crazy about the wheel and kept trying to move it and move the gear stick too! and even pressed the horn. There was a photography club at the station also trying to take some pictures. According to the Big One, there was a lady who was trying to take candid shots of the Little One. So, we decided to let him give all that he had in him! Go movie star!

It resulted in this rather strange looking shot of him :) ok lah, at least it shows that he was in a real ambulance!

There were other activities like trying to put out the small fire with the fire extinguisher, and trying the water hose. Even getting a ride on the fireman's ladder. but i think the LIttle one was a bit too young for these activities so we went to the museum for a look see and... here's a picture of him trying on the fireman's hat :) small size just for kids! He still doesn't like having stuff on his head so errr.. it was kindof tough to get this shot.

After about 1.5 hours, the Little One's tummy was protesting so we had to leave. Not forgetting to take a picture with the friend firemen who were the most gracious host to us :) We will be back again!