I was teaching English class in the morning and saw that David had his grade 2 kids out on the field watching some sort of demonstration. Passing by my door and looking out I could see one fireman carrying a torch. I reasoned they would be setting things on fire on the grass and putting them out, instructing the students on how to handle fires.
There were probably 20-30 minutes left to class when I hear a loud whooshing noise on the field. It sounded like gas igniting. I walk by the door and peer outside. The fireman had opened the valve on a propane tank and ignited the gas, leaving it on full blast with a fire raging out the front of it.
I look back at the class and announce we will be observing the lesson on fire safety and to put away their things. We then watched firemen ignite trays of gasoline and the propane tank again and again with a school of children sitting not 10 yards from it all. I'm assuming they wanted 6-10 year old children to know how to put out a propane tank and trays of gasoline.
Afterwards I got to wear a fireman's jacket and helmet.
My thinking at this point was..."I wonder how good of a shield children are"
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