Today in L&L, Year 4 were learning all about the emergency services. We began by defining what an emergency is and how would we know if we’re in one.
An emergency is a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
In the UK, we have four emergency services who are highly trained people whose job it is to keep us safe from danger:
- Fire Service
- Police Service
- Ambulance Service
- Coastguards
We spoke about what we should do if we’re ever in an emergency…
CALL 999
In the UK, we call 999 in an emergency. However, if you call the American number (911) you’ll still get put through to 999.
After discussing how a 999 call goes and how to make a good one, we used this to practise making the calls. One of us was the caller and the other was the handler.
Help at home: practise a pretend 999 call with your child.