Kids Fireman Review

Posted by Amy Solomon on February 21st, 2011
+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Kids Fireman is a fun and educational app which kids will enjoy. This game includes many fireman activities such as dialing 911, helping a fireman slide down a fire pole and getting dressed as well as driving to a fire and using a hose to put a fire out.


When left alone with my phone, my son has recently been choosing to play this application a lot by himself. I am impressed that he has learned how to dial 911 from playing with the app after some practice, something that I hope in real life never comes up, but it is important for him nonetheless to understand how to do it. He also enjoys the other aspects of this game, especially helping the fireman slide down the pole, getting him dressed and driving the fire truck which is nicely done as a simulated POV of what one would see from the driver seat. The steering wheel turns and both the sirens and the cb radio sound. It would be nice, however if you could move shift gears from park to drive or reverse with a swipe of the finger, as my son asks asks about this as well as the dial on the dash that shows the gears; it would be nice if the dial moved as well.


I am glad that the music is easily turned off, especially after my son plays this game over and over again, but he prefers it left on, enjoying it very much.


I think this will be a real hit with toddlers as well as kids in pre-school. I am impressed by how long it holds my son's attention. A note though to parents: I keep my phone on airplane mode when giving it to my son so he can’t make phone calls, buy add-ons or email accidentally. I think this is especially important while using this app, not wanting him to “practice” calling 911 for real on my iPhone! Just something to think about, but I think the educational aspect of learning this important, possibly life-saving skill outweighs the chance of it being misused, especially if there is an easy way of disabling the phone so this can’t happen.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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