Nee Naw, Nee Naw!

For Luke at the moment his life revolves around anything to do with fire engines, trains and balls...and occasionally dressing up with his sister.


In North Carolina (could be the same in other States I don't know) if you dial 911 the first response vehicle you get is always going to be a fire engine, whatever the reason for your call whether it be police, fire or medical emergency and there are alot of fire stations to cover this. The firemen are highly trained in all aspects of emergency work and hugely valued members of the community and generations of families proudly enter this career. Given the large number of wooden houses here they are also very active in educating the community and especially children with life saving advice. There are two fire stations located within 5 minutes of our house in the direction we generally go, there could be even more in the other direction. During our 25 minute drive to school we pass no less that 5 fire stations. Makes a mockery of the state of the fire service in the UK, and by that I mean the closing down of more and more fire stations in cost cutting exercises, not the dedication and value we place on our firemen.


One of our local fire stations recently held an open day and Ellie and Luke were particularly excited to go although Luke doesn't look like it in the photographs but that was more for the fact he'd just woken up from a nap and he's never at his best then!

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