A visit by the Cincinnati Fire Department was the unplanned excitement that I mentioned in the introduction frame of this page.
At the time that the alarm sounded, I was in the restored street car
listening to a recorded narration that was telling the story
of Cincinnati's contribution to the W.W.II effort. The
motorman, a mannequin that was dressed in a uniform of that
time, was telling the story. At the point that he mentioned
black out curtains and other precautions that were taken,
the fire siren went off. The timing of it fit so naturally
that I thought that he was about to announce an air raid drill.
Several children entered the car at that time and were talking
so that I could not understand the recording at that point,
so I left the car and the siren grew louder.
At that point a staff member from the museum in a very courteous manner explained that everyone must leave the building. The CFD arrived very quickly. I don't think more than five minutes passed between the fire siren's first blast and their arrival. I asked one of the firemen what had happened as he was leaving and he told me that it had only been a sensor in the kitchen that had become overheated.
Everything and everyone performed just as they were supposed to, and hopefully this fine facility will be around for many years to come.
