Fire Extinguisher Refills

While on holiday in South Africa the fire extinguishers at the farm needed their annual maintenance check up and service. Bayteck drove to the farm and we were able to see the process.

 First each cylinder is checked for pressure and whether the powder is compacted.

 If the powder within is compacted the cylinder is emptied of it's contents.

 New powder is measured and poured back into the cylinder.

 The nozzle is refitted and the cylinder is re pressured.

 The cylinder is then washed and new stickers adhered with expiry dates and inspection dates.

There are a few types of extinguishers on the market today.

Source

When you use a fire extinguisher remember to PASS

Source

 An interesting look at the history and types have a look at Wikipedia, Atwood Fire and Security, Fire Safety Advice Center,

That sums up our fire safety explorations.
Blessings
Chareen

Ten Days of FREE Printables from iHomeschool Network.

iHomeschool Network is hosting a Print-A-Palooza a link up extravaganza to wear out your printer starting on Monday 24th September. It is a collection of free printables from bloggers all around the world. Feel free to linkup your own printables in the categories. 


Linkup's

1. Monday -  Household Organization
2. Tuesday - Homeschool Organization.
3. Wednesday - Language Arts
4. Thursday - Fine Arts
5. Friday - Personal Organization (blogging, devotions, family, etc)
6. Monday  - Math
7. Tuesday  - Christmas
8. Wednesday - History and Geography
9. Thursday - Science
10. Friday Oct 5 - Birthdays (invites, banners, cards, thank yous, wrappers, etc)

Linkup requirements:

• Linky will be open for submissions of your FREE printable for the next 66 days from Tuesday 25 September.
• Only link to your own printables (created and owned by you.)
• Only link to free printables.
• Link to the post or page that includes the download link to your printable. Do not link to your homepage.
• Include a description of your printable in your linky title.

Blessings
Chareen

TT - Fire Safety Resources

 Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures.  I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books out there hiding on shelves so I invite you to blog about a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library and add your post to Learning All the Time Favourite Resource Link Up. 

This week ...
we have been studying fires and fire safety here at home.   I thought I would share the resources we have used.

Field Trips

• Fire Services Museum Victoria.
• Fire Safety Display at Eastern Hill Fire Station.
• A Firetastic day visit at Werribee Station.
• Fire Extinguisher Refilling.

Craft

• Finger Firefighters.
• Paper cup Firefighter.

From our Library.

• Fire, Friend or Enemy ? by Kingfisher Kaleidoscopes.
• Look Inside Machines - Fire Fighters - Jon Kirkwood (Sir N's favourite book)
• In Time of Need - Fire by Sean Connolly
• Learning Ladders - Community Helpers by World Book
• Fire Service by Margaret Metz
• Fire Services by Nicolas Brasch

Experiment

• We did the Fire Safety experiment that Erica shared on Confessions of a Homeschooler.

On YouTube

• Home Fire Safety (with Captions)
• Firefighter George & Fire Engines Vol 2
• Friendly Fireman Kids Safety Video.
• Fire Fighter Gear with Sparky the Fire Dog.
• Fire Extinguisher Safety.

Notebook Pages

• Our inspiration came from Shower of Roses and Pinterest.  
• The notebook page links have moved and we found them at Home School Helper on Line.
• Smoke Detectors
• Four Steps to Fire Safety.
• Never hide from Fireman.
• Our Families Escape Plan.
• Our Meeting Spot.
• Getting out safety.
• Emergency numbers
• Stop. Drop. Roll.
• What to do with burns.
• Trace and Colour for a Fireman Theme.
• Fire Safety Colouring Page.
• Word Find.
• Puzzles and Mazes.
• Word Games.
• Colouring Sheets.

On the WWW

• Learning about the Alphabet: F is for Fire Safety contains a fabulous list of resources and suggestions as well as many hands on tutorial links to make learning about fire safety fun.
  
• Flash Games.  Learn about fire safety at home and in the bush. 
• Kids Fire Safety Links and Worksheets.
• History Snapshot of the CFA.  Great visual timeline of firefighting history.
• Fire Safety over at Kindergarten Nana.  Full page of links to crafts and activities.
• Firesafe Kids on CFA website.

We have had a great time exploring fire safey.  Can you recommend any fire safety sites for us to visit ?

Blessings

This post is linking with 

Learning ALL the Time!!! - Favourite Resources.
Homegrown Learners - Collage Friday