During the last two weeks, our local fire brigade came to visit the Preps as a part of their fire safety education program. The firefighters helped the children to develop a basic understanding of fire safety and to view firefighters as community helpers.
Over two school visits, the firefighters addressed some key areas in fire safety including:
– good/safe or bad/unsafe fires
– smoke alarms alert us to the presence of smoke and fire
– crawl down low and go, go, go when evacuating a smoke-filled room
– stop, drop, cover, roll if your clothes are on fire
– every family needs to identify a safe meeting place
– the number to phone for emergency help is 000.
At the end of the session the children were invited by the firefighters to have a go on the fire engine and hold the fire hose.
