Firefighters make kids' day by hosing down bouncy slide
Florida firefighters hose down bouncy slide
Tiffany Maillet captured a Florida fire truck pulling up outside of her friend’s house and shooting water onto a waterslide in her yard- much to the delight of Maillet’s children.
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. - Firefighters in Lehigh Acres, Florida, went above and beyond the call of duty as they hosed down a bouncy slide for kids playing on it.
Footage captured by Tiffany Maillet on April 13 shows a Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue truck pull up outside of her friend’s house and shoot water onto the waterslide - much to the delight of Maillet’s children.
Speaking to Storyful, Maillet said the fire department were responding to an emergency at a neighbouring property when one of the firefighters, as they were packing up to leave, asked if they could spray the waterslide.
"My kids and I were at our neighbours house on the waterslide. When the fire department answered a call next door for an emergency," Maillet said
"When they were packing up to leave, one of the firefighters walked over and asked if I knew how much water the slide can hold. He then asked if it was OK If they could bring the fire truck over and spray the slide."