October is National Fire Safety Month, and as a part of raising awareness for fire safety, your kids can see fire trucks at Greenville library locations throughout the county. The library will be celebrating with its annual Firefighters & Fire Trucks storytimes. At these select storytimes (replacing the normal storytime event), children can learn about fire safety by not just reading about it but also by meeting firefighters and seeing a real fire truck.
Note: Fire trucks and firefighters will not be available if a fire emergency occurs.
On a related side note, my child informed me today that he thought he might want to be a firefighter someday. In his words, “Firefighters are really cool because they run fast, and I like to run fast. They also wear cool costumes, and I like wearing costumes. . . . Oh wait, they slide down poles. I’m not really into sliding down poles so maybe I don’t want to be a firefighter.”
Back on topic, here are the times for this year’s Firefighters and Fire Trucks storytimes. If you go we would love to hear back about what you think. Remember that special storytimes can be crowded, so plan on arriving a little early if you attend a smaller branch to allow time for parking.
When You Can See Firefighters and Fire Trucks at Greenville Library Locations
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
10 am – Hughes Main Library
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
10 am – Fountain Inn Branch
Thursday, October 16, 2025
11 am – Simpsonville Branch
Monday, October 20, 2025
10 am- Five Forks Branch
You will find more events on the Greenville County Library Events page for your little one to enjoy this October!
Have you been to the Greenville Library’s Firefighter & Firetruck storytimes before? What did you think?
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Wish my 2 kindergartens could go. Why don’t they have this after school too?
What about the Travlers Rest public library?
We don’t see this event on their schedule.