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Kristen Nieves posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Said: We have one at Glazer Children's Museum - super popular exhibit. The pole lands on a wide raised platform with fall-rated foam padding. We keep a sign next to ours that says ages 5 and up, mainly because the circumference of the pole an...
Renee Wasser-Warncke posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Said: We have one here at the Staten Island Children's Museum. It is tremendously popular! If you have any questions about it, feel free to reach out: rwasser@sichildrensmuseum.org.
Julie Goodwin posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Said: Our fire museum has a kid-size pole in our future firefighter training academy play area. It is a huge hit with children AND adults! We also have 2 original poles that we use for demonstration by our firefighter tour guides. <...
Tavia Minnich posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Said: I was at one with some historic engines before fire stations so we had reproduction of the buckets for bucket brigades that they did in the area. We also had a reproduction clacker (noisemaker that spins) that the resident who was on fi...
Tara Case posted a reply on Re: Online Operational Checklist
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Said: I wanted to add that we also do what Karen mentioned! We laminated all checklists several years ago and staff use wet-erase markers to fill them out. It's saved us so much paper and is very convenient!We have a shared network th...
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