Fire Safety

Introduction

Have a discussion as a family about how prepared you are if a fire were to occur as well as if you know how to prevent a fire. Decide together what you feel confident about and what you want to learn from these lessons over the coming week.

Watch

Choose at least one video to watch but enjoy as many as you'd like throughout the month.

Join My Fire Safety Club is a fun, animated video that teaches kids to use their senses of sight, touch, smell, and hearing to stay fire safe! It's a great way for fire departments, schools, libraries, and community and civic organizations to add an extra dimension to fire safety presentations.

Blippi and Meekah tour the New York City Fire Station! They get to see different fire vehicles, fire alarms, and different firefighter uniforms! They even get to ring some old alarm bells themselves!

Go on a virtual field trip to a fire station to learn all about the job of a firefighter and how they keep us safe.

Learn how to prevent a home fire as well as evacuate when one occurs with these five prevention tips and three evacuation tips from the American Red Cross. Watch now to better protect your home and family.

Activity

Choose at least one activity to complete but enjoy as many as you'd like throughout the month.

Plan and Practice

Read these tips and then make your safety plan as a family. Practice the escape route your family has established, including low crawling, getting to your meeting spot within 2 minutes or less and 'calling' 911. Kick things into gear by randomly yelling "Fire Practice!" throughout the month at different times of day to really lock this practice into everyone's mind.

Escape Route Plan

Use this grid to create your family's escape route, including two ways out of every room and where you will meet outside the house. Take note of rooms that could be a potential entrapment issue, like a media room without windows.

Fire Safety Fun

Use this packet with younger students to discuss fire safety and complete the included activities.

Create a Fire Safety Brochure

Have students use the American Red Cross website to research fire safety and then create an informative brochure.

Fire Prevention Posters

Towards the end of the month ask students to create a fire prevention poster to review what they learned.

Pet Fire Safety

Use this article from the Red Cross to learn about how to make sure your pets are safe during a fire emergency. After reading the article, make a short video to teach others how they can make sure their pets are safe, too!

Alarm check

As a family, locate each alarm in your house and ensure they are working properly. Also, turn an alarm on and make sure everyone knows what the fire alarm sounds like.

Fire Extinguisher Practice

Older students who you feel would be able to safely use a fire extinguisher could practice using one this month. All family members should know where the fire extinguisher is kept and this is a good time to make sure yours has not expired.

Simple Fire Safety Experiment

Place a tea light on a flat surface and light it.
Place your glass jar over the candle, and see how long it takes for the flame to go out.

This demonstration shows that fire needs oxygen to survive and spread. When it runs out of oxygen, it cannot continue burning, which is why it’s extinguished.

Your students will learn about the behavior of fire in a controlled setting and gain an understanding of the concepts related to heat, combustion and the properties of matter.

Write Thank You Letters to Fire Fighters and Paramedics

Have students write thank you letters to fire fights and paramedics in your community. If students need some ideas of what to include, ask them to list three reasons they are thankful for all they do in your community and two reasons you think firefighters and paramedics make your community a safer place to live.

Fire Station Tour

Many fire stations are happy to offer tours of their firehouse and trucks. Gather a group of families and schedule a tour in your community.

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