We had a Family Home Evening on "safety" tonight. Lee brought in his turnouts for part of my lesson. We talked about what each piece of clothing protected and how. Lee was demonstrating here how the newer turnout coats have a strap that is sewn to the inside of the coat (under the arms and all) so that if a firefighter is "down" it's easier for another one to pull him out of danger.
Here's Lee putting all of the firefighting safety equipment ON Nellie.
Here she is all decked out. After this we had her try to run up and down the stairs like this. It was difficult for her to do with all this protective gear on, but if she were in a burning building she would be
glad that she had this on. Sometimes our safety measures seem restrictive (like abiding by the standards in "For The Strength of Youth"), like these turnouts - and we want to "take them off" , but we need to hold
to them so that when we need them we've got them to protect us. Nellie wanted to try to get all her gear on in 45 seconds like the firefighters @
Eastside Fire and Rescue. The first time she tried she didn't do so well, but with a few pointers from Lee, she was able to accomplish it the second time.
Soooo if we'll
LISTEN and follow the instructions of those
who know, we'll be safe. AMEN :)
Lee taking everything OFF.
Then we gave her this picture for her room so she'll always remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus love her (us)
very much, want us to be
safe, and follow THEIR direction so we can SAFELY return to them. Hopefully something sunk in - if not Nellie had fun playing firefighter :)
We had a Family Home Evening on "safety" tonight. Lee brought in his turnouts for part of my lesson. We talked about what each piece of clothing protected and how. Lee was demonstrating here how the newer turnout coats have a strap that is sewn to the inside of the coat (under the arms and all) so that if a firefighter is "down" it's easier for another one to pull him out of danger.
Here's Lee putting all of the firefighting safety equipment ON Nellie.
Here she is all decked out. After this we had her try to run up and down the stairs like this. It was difficult for her to do with all this protective gear on, but if she were in a burning building she would be glad that she had this on. Sometimes our safety measures seem restrictive (like abiding by the standards in "For The Strength of Youth"), like these turnouts - and we want to "take them off" , but we need to hold to them so that when we need them we've got them to protect us. Nellie wanted to try to get all her gear on in 45 seconds like the firefighters @ Eastside Fire and Rescue. The first time she tried she didn't do so well, but with a few pointers from Lee, she was able to accomplish it the second time. Soooo if we'll LISTEN and follow the instructions of those who know, we'll be safe. AMEN :)
Lee taking everything OFF.
Then we gave her this picture for her room so she'll always remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus love her (us) very much, want us to be safe, and follow THEIR direction so we can SAFELY return to them. Hopefully something sunk in - if not Nellie had fun playing firefighter :)
3 comments:
Ahhhhh!
What an awesome family home evening. I might have to steal that idea for a youth activity. That is if I can get my hands on a turnout!
Creative yet spiritual. Good job!
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