Ropes to Radiators
Ages 5 and up
This two-part tour begins at the Fire Museum with the Bucket Brigade program. The group then tours one of several participating modern fire stations to meet fire fighters and to learn about modern fire fighting methods. The tour is often scheduled around lunch time. In good weather, area parks are available for brown bag lunches or, arrangements can be made to have lunch at the fire houseThe program must be booked as one package.
Digging Baltimore
3rd grade and up
Students tour the Fire Museum focusing on the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. In a prepared archaeology unit, students examine primary documents and news accounts and do a simulated dig for clues to discover how Baltimoreans lived and worked at the time of the Great Fire. This tour meets Maryland State Curriculum for elementary archaeology.
Build the Engine!!
3rd grade and up
Learn about how fire engines work and actually build a kid-size working model. Students first tour the Fire Museum and discuss the arrangement and working parts of different kinds of fire engines. Next they work with adult facilitators to assemble a working fire engine based on a large toy wagon. Then the students cooperate as a team to operate the fire engine. This innovative program meets Maryland State Curriculum elementary science standards.
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