Camerons firefighter 3rd birthday party

When all of Jackson’s classmates had said they wouldn’t be able to make it to his birthday celebration at the last minute, the fire department decided to throw him a surprise birthday party, which he’ll never forget.

Jackson, from North Carolina, spent his third birthday climbing firetrucks as he learned how to operate firefighting equipment and eat cupcakes in the firehouse thanks to last-minute planning by firefighters from the Harrisburg Fire Department.

“I didn’t think he was going to have a party, and now I have these firemen welcome us into [their home],” his mother, Melissa Reid, told InsideEdition.com. “They saved my son’s birthday, and this is something he’ll never forget.”

Reid said she had was planning for Jackson, along with 15 other friends, to visit Monkey Joe’s birthday a few weeks prior to his birthday. However, moments before they were due to arrive at the event, Reid began receiving calls from parents stating that their children had been sick.

“We just went through a hurricane and I’m sure there are some allergens and some funky stuff in the air,” Reid stated. “I absolutely comprehend. In the event that I had a kid was sick I wouldn’t let them go to a party for their birthday.”

However, the mother-of-two began thinking about what she could accomplish to brighten her son’s birthday. She told her son that she had gotten up early and was looking forward to a memorable birthday celebration.

“He had no idea what was going on,” Reid stated. “My wife and my husband were shifting around. What should we do? Should we just cancel the plan? Do we need to have just one person visit our homeinstead?”

Being aware that their son is fascinated by fire trucks and firefighters, She decided to call up the firehouse in their area and ask what they could do to arrange a tour last minute of the building or snap a photo of the fire engine.

“I was like, ‘Yeah, sure,'” Capt. Joe Yowler of the Harrisburg Fire Department said to InsideEdition.com. “I got off the phone, I called two other stations and said, ‘Hey, what do you guys think about coming over and helping out?'”