Do you
know what to do in case of fire?
As you go through this animated slide show you will learn fire
safety, including how to create a home escape plan. It also has
other safety lessons to learn in a fun way.
Fire
Safety For Kids
Hi! My name is Hershey. I'm an Arson Dog with the Office of Fire
Prevention and Control (OFPC). Come see our fire
trucks and learn to draw
one. Learn these lessons
on how to be safe from fire.
Home Fire Escape Pan Grid
Page to print out with your emergency number and grid for drawing escape plan for your home.
Home
made fire extinguisher
When vinegar is combined with baking soda, the two react and
produce carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas is heavier
than the surrounding air so it sinks into the bottom of the bowl.
Smokey
Bear's Seven Campfire Safety Tips
Have you thought about a safer way to have a warm, crackling
fire in your camping area? Smokey Bear has given EEK! seven tips
for you and your parents to follow when you want a campfire.
Always ask a parent to help you when around a fire because fires
can be dangerous!
Smokey The Bear's
Official Home Page
Learn how to prevent forest fires and save baby forest animals
by playing these games. Science: ecology, biology.
Sparky the Fire Dog
Hi kids! I'm Sparky the Fire Dog, the official "spokesdog"
of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The NFPA
works to make you and your family safe from fire and other risks.
There's a lot to do and see on my homepage, so let's get started.
Use
Candles with Care
Work with a grown-up and follow these tips from Sparky® to
make sure that candles are used safely in your home.
Be Cool About Fire Safety Part 2
Fire Trucks
Big Fire Engine Book
by Virginia Brody (fl.1960) Illustrations by Mazoujian. New York,
McGraw-Hill, 1958. This online edition is dedicated to Firemen
everywhere, especially the Firemen of New York City. An easy
to read online book for children.
Fires in History
Firefighting
In Colonial America
In January 1608, a devastating fire destroyed most of the colonists'
provisions and lodgings. Smith made a concise assessment of the
situation: "I begin to think that it is safer for me to
dwell in the wild Indian country than in this stockade, where
fools accidentally discharge their muskets and others burn down
their homes at night."
Story
of an Eyewitness
Collier's, May 5, 1906. Jack London went to the scene of the
San Francisco Fire & Earthquake and wrote the following dramatic
description of the tragic events he witnessed in the burning
city.
Other Ideas
Measure rooms and make a floor plan of your home, adding arrows
to show where to get out of each room fastest in case of fire.
Plan where to meet outside.
Test combustibility of various scraps in a fireplace or barbeque.
Note speed it catches, color and odor of smoke. Stress safety
and that such "experiments" are only to be done with
a parent present.
Create a home video where you and your brothers and sisters
and friends act out the roles of children behaving correctly
and incorrectly around fire.
Art: crayon resist. On heavy paper, scribble patches with
yellow and orange and red crayons. Then color with black all
over it. Use various sharp instruments to scratch away the black
crayon. Stress that though fire is bright, the smoke makes everything
real dark.
Music: Learn the round "Scotland's Burning." --
words and actions.
Scotland's burning. Scotland's Burning. (Slap both hands to
knees.)
Look out! Look out! (First one hand and then the other over eyebrows,
looking out.)
Fire, Fire! Fire, Fire! (Wave hands in the air vigorously.)
Pour on water. Pour on water. (Imitate pouring bucket of water
on fire.)
