Jack's Fire Safety House Photos

The La Honda Fire Brigade arranged for the "Survive Alive" fire safety house to be brought to La Honda Elementary School so the students could practice climbing out the window of a smoke-filled building.

La Honda Elementary School	Classes line up to go through the fire safety house	Menlo Park Fire and the Junior League of Palo Alto sponsored the "Survive Alive" house	After going through the kitchen and living room, you have to escape from a smoke-filled room
CDF firefighters are on hand to help the kids come out the window and down a ladder	Everyone goes through the "burning" house	The kids have to trust the firefighter	Even the reporter from the Half Moon Bay Review makes it out
Some of the kids really get into their role	Holding your shirt over your mouth helps in the smoke	The smoke is non-toxic but still hard to see through	The school principal also has to go through, of course !
Everyone has their own technique for climbing out the window	Chief Whitney of the La Honda Fire Brigade explains the operation of the fire engine	The air mask allows the firefighter to breathe in the smoke.	One class learns about breathing equipment while another checks out Rescue 57
Lieutenant Bevin (another La Honda volunteer) explains how all the medical gear is used to help victims	The End

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