Fire Fest 2008

For the past three years now we have gone to the Fire Fest. HFD hosts a fun event with booths, food, games, pony rides, and a train ride. The best part is the fire demonstrations that they do. It's at the Academy so all of the fire training stuff is there. The first year we went they did a demo on a mock house fire. It was actually like a huge metal storage container like you would see on a train or shipping dock. It was in flames and Spencer and I both had a child on our shoulders so they could see. The fire gets really hot so we try to stay back a bit. Well the firefighters were in the container and putting out the fire and when one of them came out his helmet was on fire! There were some pretty upset people and kids. Luckily our kids missed that part. Spencer and I walked away pretty quickly. Last year, they had a bunch of those inflatable trampolines. The Life light Helicopter came to land and one of those inflatable trampolines flew up in the air and landed on some of the people. Luckily we were at the vending tables and were far from it but we had some friends that were not so lucky. They were knocked down, not hurt luckily! It was unforgettable! This year was pretty uneventful, as far as firefighters being on fire and inflatable tramps in the air. It was a lot of fun. We did watch some of the fire demonstrations and the one that always gets me is the car fire and extraction. Spencer's truck wasn't on fire but they did use the jaws of life to get him out. Last year it happened to be the same shift of firefighters from the same station that saved his life. It was pretty emotional for me, maybe because Spencer was still using crutches at the time. Even this year it was hard to watch. We had a great time and the kids got to crawl through a smokey house. It was a great day spent as a family!