Learning Fire Safety with the Smokehouse

Standing outside the Smokehouse.

Each child got to hold the hose to see how heavy it was.

After getting inside the firetruck, we went to the back to see the bigger water hoses.

Smoke rises, so we have to stay down low.

The children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade classes at Howard Elementary learned about Fire Safety by visiting the Smokehouse which was brought to us by the Galveston Fire Department.  The children entered a mock kitchen and were taught about dangers and how to prevent fires in there.  Then they went into a mock living room and learned about potential dangers there.  Next we went upstairs to a bedroom.  When the pretend smoke came into the room, we felt the door using the back of our hand so if the door was hot our hand would not be burned.  Then we crawled backwards down the stairs and went out to a meeting place outside.  We counted to make sure we were all there.  What a great way to learn about Fire Safety.  Thank you Galveston Fire Department!