I have to say, this was one of the best field trips we have ever been on.  As you can see from this sample of pictures here, the children have been preparing and very excited for this trip for some time.  We have been talking about firefighters and what they wear and the parts of the fire engine.  We have been searching out the school for fire alarms, fire pulls, and fire extinguishers, using tally marks to count them and observational drawing to document them.  The morning of the field trip there was just an excitement in the air.  We walked there and saw a haunted house on the way and when we finally arrived at the firehouse we had to wait a few minutes for another group to finish.  While we were waiting it was like trying to hold back hungry lions from their meal.  When we finally met Firefighter Dave,  the children were engaged with everything he said, followed him wherever he took us, tv room, kitchen, workout room, gym, bed room, equipment closet, fire hose rack, SCBA tank rack, a walk through the hazmat truck and finally the fire engine.  The children drew the fire engine, noticing the different shapes that it is made up of and recieved a coloring book, an alarm print out marking our visit, and their very own firehat.  Even though we were only there for about 45 minutes or so the children were so excited that they were exhausted on the way home and for the rest of the day.  To see pictures of our trip click here.   I would also like to thank all the chaperones for coming on the trip and Joshua and his Mother for taking such great pictures!