Kitchener Fire to host annual open house
A Kitchener Fire Department truck is pictured in a file photo. (Dan Lauckner / CTV Kitchener)
Community members are invited tomeet Kitchener’s firefighters, learn about life-saving equipment and try out a virtual reality search and rescue this coming weekend.
The Kitchener Fire Department will be hosting their annual open house on Saturday, September 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Kitchener Fire headquarters, at 270 Strasburg Rd.
Kitchener Fire will offer hands-on fire safety lessons with family-friendly activities.
What attendees can expect:
- Explore the fire trucks and equipment
- Watch kitchen fire demonstrations
- Interactive firefighting activities, including a virtual reality search and rescue experience
- Food trucks
- Bouncy castles, a climbing wall, contests
- And much more
The Kitchener Fire Open House is free. Non-perishable food donations will be accepted on behalf of Food4Kids Waterloo Region.
Parking is available in the lot across the street from Kitchener Fire headquarters on Strasburg Road.
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