Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Fire Prevention Week...
This week, October 7th through 13th, is Fire Prevention Week.
Learn more about Fire Prevention Week at the National Fire Protection Association website. "Practice Your Escape Plan!" is the theme of Fire Prevention Week 2007. It's not enough to have a home fire escape plan. To escape safely, you've got to make sure that everyone in the home has practiced the plan.
According to an NFPA poll, the majority of Americans have a fire escape plan, but most haven't practiced it. From October 7-13, fire safety advocates will be spreading the word that when it comes to escape plans, practice is key. Let's get started!
Fire Prevention Week is the perfect time to help your students and their families create a home fire-escape plan and teach valuable lessons about fire and fire prevention. A well-practiced home fire-escape plan is essential to providing guidance for every family in the event of fire. Use Fire Prevention Week to keep fire safety in your children’s minds. Here is a great slide show to remind you of what to do in case of a fire.
What do you do for Fire Prevention Week? I always go through a fire safety video and a fire drill with the children in my child care. (Lots of fun to practice stop, drop, and roll!) Then we usually have a visit from a fireman and firetruck from our local fire station. The kids really enjoy that!
Some other ideas that you could use...
This week, October 7th through 13th, is Fire Prevention Week.
Learn more about Fire Prevention Week at the National Fire Protection Association website. "Practice Your Escape Plan!" is the theme of Fire Prevention Week 2007. It's not enough to have a home fire escape plan. To escape safely, you've got to make sure that everyone in the home has practiced the plan.
According to an NFPA poll, the majority of Americans have a fire escape plan, but most haven't practiced it. From October 7-13, fire safety advocates will be spreading the word that when it comes to escape plans, practice is key. Let's get started!
Fire Prevention Week is the perfect time to help your students and their families create a home fire-escape plan and teach valuable lessons about fire and fire prevention. A well-practiced home fire-escape plan is essential to providing guidance for every family in the event of fire. Use Fire Prevention Week to keep fire safety in your children’s minds. Here is a great slide show to remind you of what to do in case of a fire.
What do you do for Fire Prevention Week? I always go through a fire safety video and a fire drill with the children in my child care. (Lots of fun to practice stop, drop, and roll!) Then we usually have a visit from a fireman and firetruck from our local fire station. The kids really enjoy that!
Some other ideas that you could use...
- Some good activities and reproducibles from Scholastic.
- Games, stories, activities, and coloring pages at Sesame Street Workshop.
- A few more coloring pages...
- Activities, songs, rhymes, cards, and more at DLTK Kids.
- Lots of great stuff, inforamtion, fun, and games at US Fire Administration for Kids website.
- My generation related more to Smokey the Bear.
- Of course, you really can't have Fire Prevention Week without visiting Sparky.
This week is part of National Fire Safety Awareness Month, which is celebrated in October, and in keeping with the noble cause, here are top 10 tips for teaching kids about fire safety along with fun fire-safety activities. Experts stress that while the awareness is heightened this month, fire safety teachings should be a year-round lesson.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:11 PM 
