Read the story of the fire in little Jimmy's house then go to the Quiz question at the bottom of the page.

It was Monday afternoon and Sheldon Blue Watch were training using their hose and ladders at the Fire Station.

 Meanwhile, Jimmy, who had just arrived home from school, was in his bedroom doing homework when he heard the loud beeping sound of the smoke detector in his hall. Jimmy's mum had left a cigarette burning in an ashtray which had fallen onto the sofa and started a fire. Jimmy's mum was also upstairs and as soon as she heard the smoke detector she told him that they must get out of the house straight away. When they had got a safe distance from the house Jimmy's mum then called the Fire Brigade by ringing 999 using a neighbours telephone. They could not use their own phone because it was too smoky  in the house.

When Jimmy's mum rang 999 she was connected through to a lady at Fire Control who asked her for her name and address and if anyone was still in the house. The lady then said "Two fire engines are on their way and would be there soon." She also told them not to go back into the house. Within minutes two fire engines appeared with their blue lights flashing and their sirens wailing. The sirens were so loud that Jimmy had to cover his ears. The Firefighters got off the fire engines and pulled a hosereel off. Two Firefighters had breathing apparatus on and entered the house with the hosereel . The breathing apparatus made it possible for them to go into smoke as the cylinders on their backs were full of clean air. The Firefighters in breathing apparatus found the fire and put it out using water from their hosereel.

Outside the house lots of people gathered  around to see what was happening .The police came to keep everyone back for their own safety. An ambulance arrived to take care of anybody who may need to be taken to the hospital but thankfully no one was  hurt. 

After the fire was out, the Firefighters checked everywhere to make sure it was safe for Jimmy and his mum to go back in. The smoke had made the walls and furniture dirty and black but Jimmy and his mum were very pleased that they had fitted a smoke detector as it had saved their lives and stopped the damage to their house from being much worse.

The Firefighters then headed back to their station to carry on with their training. On the way back they stopped at a fire hydrant to fill up their fire engines with water ready for the next fire. 

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