Aha!

Bassendean Fire Station had an Open Day on Saturday so we went along to have a look around.

Emily and James went for a ride around the area on an old Fire Engine as soon as we arrived.

We then had a wander around looking at all the equipment they had on display.

Then it was time for a display. They had an old Holden Camira that they chopped up for our viewing benefit and I guess some practice for themselves. They talked us through the operation as if the car had crashed and they were freeing the occupant.

First off they broke a number of windows to remove the glass. Scary how silently and quickly they can remove the window like that. I hope the local burglars weren’t watching. Then they cut away the whole side of the car including two doors and the centre pillar.

Then they went about removing the roof. The thing that amazed me about that was that even though we all should have known what a car would look like without its roof, it wasn’t until the moment that the firemen lifted the roof away that almost instantly the word convertible was uttered by about a dozen different people around the area. It was like a sudden revelation.

It made me wonder about so many things in life that we should see coming very clearly yet we don’t have that aha moment until it’s all over.

Posted by Rodney Olsen

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