Today, P7 were visited by Firefighters from Blackness Road Fire Station.

They showed us a DVD regarding wheelie bin fires and house fires. Pupils learned that wheelie bin fires can take up firefighters time when there may be a house fire that they can be attending.  This was a hard-hitting DVD as sadly 2 people lost their lives due to the fact that the fire engines were trying to put out the wheelie bin when the call came through for the house fire so they did not get to the house quickly.  The DVD was made by former pupils of Connect 5.

At the end of the presentation, P7 were invited to go outside to see the fire engine and they were excited to be given the chance to sit inside and try on the breathing apparatus and use the walkie talkies.  Mollie was given permission to talk to someone in the control room.

Thank you Blackness Fire Station for our visit.