About Us
It’s not what stands in front of you.
It’s who stands besides you.
Our Experiences
Kids naturally admire firefighters (so do many adults we’ve found!). We run fun programs for kids from 4 years of age that gets them moving and thinking like firefighters for a day.
The cool factor is not something we strive for when we save people from burning buildings, rescue trapped victims in car crashes or remove cats from trees but our life is intriguing and we drive cool trucks! Life as a firefighter is fascinating to learn about and everything we do on the day relates to what we do in our jobs.
We absolutely do not put anyone in harm’s way but we can simulate dangerous situations. To ‘get out of trouble’, the children will require leadership skills, effective communication skills, a degree of movement, teamwork all while remaining cool, calm and collected.
While our Heat Kids staff can be professional Firefighters, it is important to note that Heat Kids has no affiliation or alignment with any professional Fire services. The business is certainly not associated with FRV/MBF and does not imply a connection to FRV/MFB.
FAQs
What is the program based on?
All our activities are designed around the Firefighter’s ethos of teamwork, camaraderie and hard work. Being kind, helpful, inclusive and never leaving your mates behind.
WHAT AGE GROUPS ARE YOUR PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR?
All activities are tailored to the age group we are catering for on the day. Everyone participates.
We find participants have to be at least 3 to get the most out of the experiences – remember we run incursions for ELC so we are well versed with the younger age group.
Yes, we ramp it up for the older kids / adults too!
HOW LONG DOES A PROGRAM RUN FOR?
It all depends on the experience. Usually an incursion will run for 2 hours and run either in the morning or afternoon and we also offer a 4 hour option. During holiday programs, we tailor the activities to suit one hour slot, same with birthdays!
We can tailor pretty much anything for your school, holiday camp or corporate day. Just give us a call and we can chat about the options… there’s not much we can’t do!
HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU NEED TO BOOK?
The earlier the better. Usually by the start of any given month, we are booked out for that month but we try and make it work for everyone. We don’t have a quiet month, if you book in Winter, we move indoors.
WHAT DO YOU BRING?
Other than our incredible sense of humour, we bring everything you need! Our mission is to create an experience the children will remember for a very long time. Our set up is extensive (it usually takes us an hour to set up for a 2 hour session) and we supply all the equipment, bump in ontime, and bump out when we are done, leaving the grounds as we found it.
DO YOU DO BIRTHDAY PARTIES?
Hell yes we do! We love Birthday parties and of all ages too! Check our Firefighter Birthday party page to see what we provide and contact us to book your date early – weekends fill up very fast.
Are your experiences suited to adults?
When we began Heat, we designed challenging Firefighter experiences for corporate team building days – so YES, they absolutely are. Check our Team Building page for what an “Adult” Firefighter day would look like for you. Again, we do tailor experiences and our activities cater for all fitness levels.