SLINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire Safety / Prevention Program

Why are we Here Today?

It’s Fire Prevention Week Test Your Smoke Alarms October 3 - 9, 2004

Always practice Fire Prevention and Fire Safety all year round

Be smart about Fire Safety, Learn how to prevent fires

Call 911 when you have an emergency

Detectors save lives You should have a smoke detector on each floor of you house

EXITS - are ways out Know 2 ways out of every room in your house

FIRE ESCAPE PLAN Have a fire escape plan for your home and practice this plan with your family

GET OUT and STAY OUT If your house is on fire you need to Get Out and Stay Out

HAVE a family meeting place outside your home in case of fire

INSPECT your house for fire hazards. The whole family can help with this

Join in to prevent fires and promote fire safety in your community

KEEP AWAY from things that HOT! are HOT!

LEARN about 911 and the difference between an emergency and a non-emergency 911 is not for fun

MATCHES and Lighters are not toys If you find them, tell an adult. X X

NEVER be afraid of a firefighter, they are there to help and never hide from a firefighter

OBEY all fire safety rules all year round Stop Drop & Roll Never Play with Matches If fire strikes - GET OUT & STAY OUT Have an Escape Plan for your home

It could save you life

QUICKLY exit the house when you here a smoke detector, and go to your meeting place outside

REMEMBER to stay low and crawl under the smoke to your exit

STOP DROP Cover your eyes & ROLL

TEST your Smoke Detectors once a month Change the batteries every 6 months

UNDER the smoke always stay low and crawl under the smoke

VISIT the Fire Station and see the firefighters and learn more about Fire Safety

WHAT COLOR ARE FIRETRUCKS? GREEN RED BLUE BLACK PURPLE BROWN WHITE PINK

XTRA SPECIAL All of you are xtra special because you want to learn about Fire Safety

YELL “FIRE” if you hear a smoke detector sounding. This lets everyone know they need to exit the building FIRE

Z is for E - Z It’s E-Z to be Fire Safe, Just remember the ABC’s of Fire Safety

Firefighter Gearing Up

Let’s Review What number do we call for an emergency? 11 Do we play with matches or lighters? NO WAY!!!! Who do we give them to if we find them??? AN ADULT!!!!! 911

What do we do if our clothes start on FIRE? STOP - DROP - cover our eyes & ROLL Do we need to have an ESCAPE PLAN for our house? Should we have SMOKE DETECTORS in our house? YES we should!!! STOP ESCAPE PLAN YES WE DO!!!!

When do we practice FIRE SAFETY? ALL DAY, EVERYDAY ALL YEAR ROUND ARE FIREFIGHTERS YOUR FRIENDS? ARE WE AFRAID OF FIREFIGHTERS? DO WE HIDE FROM FIREFIGHTERS? YES THEY ARE !! NO WAY !!!!

LET’S REVIEW SMOKE DETECTORS How often should we change the in our ? Do we take the out of our if we burn our or if we need for our toys? Should we have on each floor of our ? How often should we test our ? ONCE A MONTH 2 TIMES A YEAR NO WAY YES WE SHOULD

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