About INNOVENTIONS at Epcot®Located in the heart of Epcot®, Innoventions is a unique attraction filled with hands-on, interactive exhibits. Guests discover how science and technology can simplify and enhance their lives today and tomorrow. This interactive playground allows guests to experience new products and services, and understand how technological breakthroughs will change the way we live.
Environmentality Corner
Discover how you can protect and preserve our environment with a “green” mentality. Learn about papermaking and even make a sample to take home.
Where’s the Fire
According to the online site Fire Chief*: “Where’s the Fire?” is a 4,000-plus square foot exhibit designed by Walt Disney Imagineering in cooperation with Liberty Mutual’s fire safety specialists and the U.S. Fire Administration.
The exhibit includes:
“Where’s the Fire?” Game House – Two teams of up to 15 guests each search six rooms (kitchen, family room, child bedroom, bathroom, home office and garage) of a house to find and eliminate fire hazards using a specially designed, technologically unique, hand-held “safety light.” Team members, divided into groups of up to three per room, aim their “safety light” onto a wall-sized projected image in each room to find and extinguish hazards. Deciding if the hazard could cause a fire requires discussion: all members of the group must collectively aim their lights at the hazard to fix it. Correct decisions earn points, incorrect or slow decisions mean a point deduction, or worse – a fire!
“Play It Safe” house for younger children – Children five and under are twice as likely to die in a fire than the rest of the population. So younger guests will learn a very important message in this four-room miniature house: don’t hide during a fire. Special lighting will simulate the direction fire travels – telling children the best way to exit a home. The “Play It Safe” house also teaches parents that they should develop and practice an escape plan with their family at home.
“Burning Questions” fire safety quiz kiosks – Three touch-screen kiosks present a timed safety quiz, testing guests’ knowledge of fire facts. Thinking fast is key – when the screen bursts into flames, time is up.
30-foot fire truck – A technologically advanced interactive pumper truck greets all guests at “Where’s the Fire?” Designed and built by W.S. Darley & Co. of Melrose Park, Ill., the truck lets guests see how a pumper operates and learn about the equipment worn, carried and used by firefighters. One side of the truck has a “Badges of Honor” display – Liberty Mutual’s tribute to the important role of paid and volunteer fire fighters in this country. This interactive display allows guests to see information about their local fire department, including an image of their fire department’s patch.
Endnotes:
Fire Chief – the quoted article for EPCOT & Where’s the Fire? is located here.
