Fire Safety
Continue reading to get some great safety tips from Splash, Red, Beeper and friends that you and your family can remember for your safety.
Click on the image below to singalong to a fire safety song.
Fire Safety Song & Movie
File Size: 185k Flash Format
HI, Im Beeper the smoke detector
Here are 3 easy tips for you and your family to remember for your fire safety.
- Make sure your home has Smoke Detectors!
- Test your Smoke Detectors once a month!
- Change your Smoke Detector's Battery in Autumn and Spring!
Its as easy as 1. 2. 3. !!!
HI, Im Red the fire extinguisher
Fire Extinguishers GO EVERYWHERE!
Your Family's Kitchen, the Garage, the Car, Boat or Plane!!!
Every Home Should Have One or More Extinguisher!!!
HI, Im the new cool kid on the block, Splash the water drop
REMEMBER,USE ME "TO COOL A BURN!
Keep cold water on burns till you can get help.
See a doctor for burns to stop infections!!!
REMEMBER Close Your Door at Night.
Night Time Checklist
- Brush Your Teeth
- Wash Your Hands
- CLOSE YOUR DOOR!
Closing the door can stop fires spreading and keep you safe!!!
Hi I Am Flash The Torch
Keep Me By Your Bed and I will guide you through the night.
Having a torch by your bed can help you get out of a dark room after power failure from a fire.
Don't waste all your batteries reading your books at night but!!!
HI, I'm Sparky the match
Don't play with me or cigarette lighters.
Remind mum and dad to keep matches and lighters well out of reach of you and your brothers and sisters.
Playing with matches is DUMB!
What to do if your clothes catch fire.
Follow these instructions to stop major burns.
- STOP - Do not run - stop straight away.
- DROP - Drop to the ground and lie down or your back, front or side.
- ROLL - Cover your eyes, mouth and nose with your hands and ROLL ROLL ROLL your body until the fire goes out.
Ask your teacher if you can practice this at school with your whole class and never go near fire if you are wearing loose flammable clothing.
Watch out for Cranky the cooktop.
Things can really heat up if your not careful in the kitchen. Remember if you want to cook to do these things.
- Ask mum or dad so they can help you.
- DON'T wear long sleeves near the cook top.
- Have lids ready to put on your pots.
- DON'T leave pot handles hanging off the edge of the stove.
- All pot and pan handles should be turned toward the back of the stove.
- Use the stove burners at the back when ever possible.
- Vent steam by tilting pan lids away from you.
- If you're cooking with hot oil, add food very slowly using large, long-handled tongs. Also, be sure the food is as dry as possible. Just a few ice crystals on frozen french fries will make the oil pop and splatter.
- If a pan begins to smoke or catches fire, carefully slide a lid over it, then turn the burner off. Don't try to move the pan.
Never play in the kitchen, you might get burnt.
DO
Do stay low. Smoke and hot air rise, so the best place to find fresher, cooler air is near the floor. Always crawl along the floor under the smoke when making your exit.
Do check the door surface and knob for heat then if not hot open the room's door just a crack at first to make sure smoke and flames won't rush into the room and so that you won't feed oxygen to the fire.
Do escape through a window if you can't use the door. Open the window slowly, in case a first-floor fire is lapping up the building's side. Climb out and hang by your hands before dropping feet first to the ground. If the window is too high off the ground start waving something around and yelling for help to attract attention.
DON'T
Don't open the room's door until you test it for heat. Use the back of your hand to test the door-it's more sensitive than your palm. If it's a wooden door, test the doorknob. If it's hot, don't open it.
Don't stop to call the fire department until you are safely outside and don't go back in.
Don't panic if you're trapped. Instead, stuff sheets and towels around the door to keep smoke out. Open a window and wave something to call attention to yourself.
Don't hide. Hiding under your bed or in a wardrobe is not going to stop the fire. Get out of the house or alert people that you are trapped.
Buy only freshly cut Christmas trees and keep them watered. They're more resistant to ignition than dry ones. A tree is fresh if the needles don't fall off when you drag your hand over it and if the branches are flexible.
Cut a few inches off the bottom of the trunk before setting it up, and water your tree daily. The tree should be placed well away from the fireplace, portable heating sources, candles and ashtrays. Unplug the tree lights before leaving the house or going to bed.
Display candles in tip-resistant containers away from combustibles. Use heavy, tip-resistant glass or metal containers for candles or place a large platter under them to catch wax drippings and contain burned-down wicks. A burning candle might look festive surrounded by pine cones and or ribbon, but you're asking for trouble. Keep all flammables well away from candles.
Have fun colouring in these downloadable and printable fire safety tips.
Use your crayons, pencils or paints and paste them in your classroom to remind everyone about fire safety.
Ask your teacher if the whole class can do this as a fire safety awareness activity.
CLICK HERE to look at and download the colouring in pictures
Teachers can use this section to download a complete set of the colouring in panels as well as a text format fire safety quiz and answers.
Fire safety awareness among your students is probably a very neglected real life subject. Making 1 child aware of what to do could save a life.
All answers needed for the quiz are on this page making it easier for students to study fire safety.
CLICK HERE to download the teaching aids.
IF YOU NEED A FIRE ENGINE OR HELP DIAL 000
If you are in America Dial 911
Splash, Beeper, Red and friends are copyright characters of Wollongong Extinguisher Service and Fire Service Plus and may only be used with written permission from Fire Service Plus. Colouring in pictures and quizzes may be distributed freely providing the Wollongong Extinguisher Service logo stays intact.