Firefighters
Help Teach Math Lesson at Florida Ave. Elementary
On Tuesday May 14, 2013 St.
Tammany Fire District #1 firefighters met with the 6th graders at
Florida Ave. Elementary in Slidell to discuss how math is used in the fire
service. Mrs. Karen Tesei, the 6th
grade teacher at Florida Ave. Elementary, contacted the fire department to see
if firefighters would be willing to help demonstrate how math is used on the
job.
On
the initial visit firefighters discussed how math is used to calculate the
occupant load for buildings as well as swimming pool occupancy, insuring
safety. Additionally a firefighter, who
dives recreationally, shared with the students how important math is in
personal safety when diving. The firefighters brought a ladder truck and
rescue truck to school to demonstrate to intrigued students how they use math
calculations to flow water through the fire hoses at the correct
pressures. The firefighters used a 200
foot booster reel hose to demonstrate water flow using precise mathematical
calculations. The kids were divided
into two groups. Each group got the
chance to feel the water flow from the nozzle at various pressures as well as
see the operation of the pump panel which supplied water to the hose.
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