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Alaska Center for Resource Families Web Based Course

 

 

Fire Safety Course for Resource Families

Lesson 2: Practice! Practice! Practice!

Why Fire Safety Is So Important With Children

 

 

 

In Lesson 2, you will learn...

  • Why and how to complete a fire escape plan
  • How to conduct an effective fire drill
  • How to use your fire extinguisher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ask yourself why it might be especially important for foster parents to talk to children about fire safety and practice fire drills. Also, ask yourself what puts out children more are risk during an emergency. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper.

Why is it important to talk to foster children about safety?

What puts these children more are risk for harm during an emergency?

 

Specials Reasons Why Planning Ahead Is Especially Important for Children

Compare your answers you wrote in the exercise above with the answers hidden in these pictures of children. Place your mouse over each picture to read more why practicing fire safety is especially important for resource families.

NOTE: If your browser is unable to read the alternate text, CLICK HERE to read why fire safety planning is especially important for children.

In an emergency, children tend to panic and forget what they know. They may put themselves in more danger by hiding or running into a room that's filled with smoke. A child may be hard to wake from a deep sleep or may not recognize what the smoke alarm sounds like. They may hide under the covers or just go back to sleep. Children in our care often have special needs and may be harder to move from place to place. They may be overstimulated or overwhelmed by the sound of the smoke alarm. Children may bring firesetting behaviors into the home, giving us the double challenge of keeping all family members safe but also addressing the firesetting behaviors in the children. When children come into a foster home, they are an unfamiliar home. During the panic of a fire or emergency, they may forget where the door is or how to get out if they haven't practice.

 

What about Adults?

What about you? Do you know how to work your fire extinguisher? Do you know how you’ll react when woken in the middle of the night? Do you know if your kids in their deep sleep will be able to hear the smoke alarm? What happens if they can’t? Where will you all find each other if you get out of the house separately? Adults need to practice, too!

This lesson will help you look at what makes an effective escape plan, how to conduct an effective fire drill and how to use your fire extinguisher.

 
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