OLA Year 5 students are Bushfire ready

Year 5 using their strength to hold up a fire hose.

Currently in Year 5 students have been given the opportunity to create and explain a source to answer the following question in PBL groups. “How can Rouse Hill prepare, act and recover from a catastrophic bushfire?”

To better understand the question, Rouse Hill Rural Fire Brigade visited Year 5 to inform us about their service.

They guided us around the truck, showed us their gear and we all had a turn with the hose. While informing us about their gear we got a great shock when they told us that they only had ninety seconds to be fully dressed in it.

We learned about different information such as, if the fire gets over the truck or catches a light, there are little sprinklers all over the truck to prevent it happening. We also learnt that in an emergency there are covers like curtains to cover the inside of the windows to stop the heat coming in, and the firefighters put a special blanket over them and get down low so the heat passes over them and not through them.

They let us play with their radio to indicate if there’s a fire, have a turn of the hoses, wear their fire gear, go through the fire truck, put the sirens on, and many more fun things.

Ella and Gabriella B in their attire.

Overall, we had a great time learning about the Rouse Hill Rural Fire Brigade, and all went home with a great head of knowledge about fires. We are very grateful that we had the opportunity to learn all about their service.

Charlotte and Jane