learning objectives: to know what makes cities safer from great fires today to understand that men...
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After the Great Fire of London, cities decided to have fire fighters! Copyright Corbis ImagesTRANSCRIPT
Learning Objectives:
To know what makes cities safer from great fires today
To understand that men and women have to pass the same tests to become fire fighters
To sequence a story in chronological order
At the time of the Great Fire of London there was no organised fire brigade.
Firefighting was very basic and there was little skill or knowledge involved.
They used leather buckets, axes and water squirts which had little effect on the fire.
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After the Great Fire of London, cities decided to have fire fighters!
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Women were first asked to join the fire service during World War 2. Most men had joined the army so women were needed.
Women did not fight fires at first. Instead they were asked to be fire watchers and drivers, they managed the communications network and worked in mobile canteen vans.
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Penny from Fireman Sam
Today there are many women working as fire fighters. They do exactly the same jobs as men.
www.london-fire.gov.uk/WomenInTheBrigade.asp
A slave named Molly Williams was the first known female firefighter (1818) in the United States.
Little is known about her life, but female firefighters know her heroic story. She inspired other women to join the fire service.
She was said to be "as good a fire laddie as many of the boys”.
Molly Williams
Men and women who want to become fire fighters in Britain have to pass the same physical test.
Ladder Climb
Casualty evacuation
Ladder lifting and lowering
Enclosed space Equipment
assembly
Equipment carry