1. Providing Effective Fire Education
Making your department a success

2. Lt. Jonathan Gilliam 21 Years with Georgetown Fire
19 of those have been full-time
Assigned to Fire Marshals office since 2014
Public Education, public relations, social media

3. What difficulties must we overcome?
Budget
Staffing
Planning- ensuring proper and appropriate messages
Putting our plan into action

4. What’s the typical fire department public education event?
Fire truck demonstration
Kids loose interest
Don’t listen
Get bored
Are they retaining this information?
Just want to get in the truck

5. What do you currently do in your department?

6. Mentoring Builds trust Locate issues
Gets firefighters in the community
Lunch Buddies
FARM- Firefighters as role models

7. Reading Program for Pre-school
Firefighter gear can be scary for this age
Firefighters read safety books while in uniform
Have student put on special sized gear
Put gear on afterwards and explain each piece

8. Bic – play safe be safe!
Interactive learning tool for younger children
Objectives are: Go to firefighter, stop drop and roll, get low and go, matches and lighters are adult tools
Teach yourself or teach staff and leave kit
$12

9. Home fire safety survey
Majority of fire deaths happen in the home
Free benefit to your community
Gets firefighters in the community

10. Smoke alarm program

11. Remembering when

12. Youth fire Intervention Progam

13. Fire extinguisher class

14. Knox/Fire alarm demo

15. Junior Fire Academy

16. Explorer Post

17. Child Passenger Safety

18. Social Media
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube

19. Public Safety Announcements

20. PSA Contest Bullying awareness contest Students recognized at council
Prizes awarded

21. Community events Community Thanksgiving Breakfast with Santa
Swim with Santa

22. Fire Safety House

23. 911 education

24. Safety and Fire Education Team

25. Pre-school fire education

26. Smart 911

27. Pulse Point

28. Shattered Dreams

29. Community Education Canine