Pack Meeting at Ivins Fire Department

Our Ward has quite a representation in the Ivins City Fire Department. We have three EMTs/fire fighters in the ward and one of them gave our little Scout Pack a tour last night. It was fun because he is a funny guy and his son is Ethan's age so he was there too. We had a good turn out and they learned all about fire safety.

I was a bit shocked because Courtney doesn't like loud noises and freaked out last time we went to a fire station, but she did okay at this one. She even climbed in the fire truck to look around, something she has never done before. She did walk around with her ears plugged 90% of the time, but oh well.

Ethan loved it because there were a lot of things to see. He asked some great questions and learned a lot. He had fun. He was supposed to get a few belt loops and get his Wolf Merit Badge, but they decided to wait until next month because two other boys are going to advance also and the Den Leader in the ward wants to try and use the boys to motivate the others to get their stuff done. She figures that the more that advance at once, the more impressive it will look. Ethan was kind of bummed, but he is more excited to get a bunch more belt loops finished before next Pack Meeting.

Looking in the fire truck compartments:

Courtney on the blue fire truck (Why is it blue? Because the fire chief at the time it was purchased liked the color blue. Go figure!)