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Whose kids are these?

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Y'all. We went to a book drive/reading volunteer event at the library today. Tim, a fire chief in the city of Lacey, read two great books as part of the event. In between his readings, he took questions from the audience. Two kids in particular sat in the front, all alone. The other kids were either sitting in laps of parents or at the tables doing crafts. Here is what happened...

Tim: You have a question kiddo?
Cassidy: Yeah, you said about 85% of your job is medic response, and 10% is fires? What are you doing with that last 5%?
Tim: (chuckles to himself) That's a good question! (Launches in to water rescue, traffic, etc)

Tim: Any other questions?
Savannah: Yeah, you said 85% of your time is medic stuff and 10% is fire, so why do you call yourself a firefighter when that's not what you do?

(Whole Audience: DAYUM! Oh Snap! LOL!)

Tim: (Looks up and around) Whose kids are these?

HAHAHAHA!!!

Tim gave a fun, thoughtful response. Some places have changed their names to be more "Emergency Response" like. He thinks in the near future, we'll see more name changes. For now, he thinks it just sounds cooler to be a firefighter. :-)

I appreciate adults who appreciate smart kids.

There was also a great scientist from the kid's museum who made clouds and did lots of magic science with liquid nitrogen. I think I was more enthralled than the kids! Science is awesome!


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