Fire Trucks

We had some excitement late yesterday afternoon. Fire trucks and a half dozen or more firefighters arrived at our condo building. We heard the sirens and they got closer and closer and sure enough, they stopped right out in front of our building.

We didn't hear an alarm going off so we wondered why they were at our building (hoping that no one called them for a medical emergency). Since we saw them arrive and it was easy for us to step out on our balcony to talk to them, Matt asked if they needed to get access to any certain area of the building - that he could maybe help them out.

Turns out it was a false alarm. Our building's alarm company had called the fire department saying our main fire alarm was going off (when it wasn't). No smoke, no fire, just a faulty alarm. They wrapped things up and left. Less than half an hour later another fire truck arrived (this time without the sirens) because the alarm company had called them again. They ended up switching off the fire alarm breaker and our condo building had a guard walk the hallways last night to protect us until the fire alarm company could arrive to service it today.

Suffice it to say, I think it is every little boy's dream to see fire trucks and firefighters. They are so COOL! And this little boy is no exception. He loved it when I held him up high over the balcony so he could watch and see the trucks and firefighters.