Weekend visit to Clementi Fire Station

When it was announced that the Fire Stations in Singapore are resuming their weekend Open House, as part of the kiasu parents community, rushed to attempt to visit it (Note the word "attempt").

There are 2 timeslots for the Open House every Saturday:

Session 1: 9 - 9.50am

Session 2: 10 - 10.50am

We failed spectacularly when the queue stretched out to god-knows-where and the poor officer had to go down the queue family by family to inform everyone of the overcrowding situation in the fire station.

Since H is definitely not of an age to be waiting quietly to go in for a visit, we decided to skip and return the following weekend.

As expected, the crowd during the following Saturday thinned out considerably and we could get in within 10 minutes instead of the estimated 1.5 hour wait.

The main highlights for H are the firefighting demo and the photo-taking with the different vehicles (H brought his mini fire engine truck along).

H and his cousin holding hands while waiting to take photos.

H running all around as usual.

H posing for photo

It was a successful trip even though H was too afraid of the crowd, and it ended up with him refusing most of the activities after we had queued for it.

Update: We had since went down a few more times and each time, there is a slightly different programme, which makes it interesting for adults and kids alike.

Tip:

1. If you are going down for subsequent visits, you can bring along the red hat given so that there would not be multiple hats hanging around in your house afterwards.

2. Go for the earlier session as they do not really chase you out after 50 mins (unless there is overwhelming demand that day). That gives you more time for a repeat of activities if your kid(s) wish to.

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