As a post National Day outing, the kids in Sprog1's class went to the Hill Street Fire Station. The Civil Defence unit has an open house every Saturday morning, and the kids (and adults) get a chance to ride the cage up the length of the ladder, spray water out of a hose and climb in and out of an assortment of fire fighting vehicles. It was startling to see the strings of hoses hanging over a third floor balcony to drain. Since they are so heavy, heaving them up there must only be a once a week task.
There is also a very cool Civil Defence Musuem full of old firetrucks and memorabilia from Singapore's early days. There are interactive exhibits where you can put your arms into a Hazmat suit in a wet room and try to turn off a leak in 30 seconds! A popular display was a rescue mission renacting a building collapse (the horrific New World Hotel collapse in 1998). A slab of concrete squishing several mannequins painted with blood, and a mannequin dressed as a firefighter with an axe and dog trying to get them out. The kids really liked crawling under the slab and checking out the blood and gore.
Very cool fire fighting vehicles, including the buggies. Makes sense given Singapore's small congested roads and small parking spaces. They looked very nippy!
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