Posts Tagged ‘Fire Safety Education’

Friday, March 11th, 2011

If your child invites friends to spend the night in your home, it’s important to review fire safety procedures with your guests and share this information with their parents.

Think about what you would like to know if your child is staying with someone. Details you might want to share include:

where the children will sleep
that you have working smoke alarms outside the room where they will be sleeping
that you will supervise the children during their stay

Fire-safe Sleepovers

If you have a CPR or first aid certification, let parents know this as well. If you aren’t certified and think that you might want to be, you can register for a class at Washington Township Fire Department. CPR classes are offered twice monthly. First aid classes are offered in January, April, July and October. Register today. You can register online at www.wtwp.com.

For a sleepover checklist, visit the National Fire Protection Association’s “Sleepover Checklist” at www.nfpa.org.

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Article Credits: Fire Marshal Alan Perkins, CFPS, is a 32-year veteran of the fire service. A Certified Fire Protection Specialist through the National Fire Protection Association and a member of several similar safety organizations. Perkins is the Fire Marshal for the Washington Township Fire Department, Dublin, Ohio. For more information, contact: Leslie Dybiec, Public Information Officer Phone: (614) 652-3928 Fax: (614) 766-2507 or ldybiec@wtwp.com.

Live Safe Foundation is an Ohio based non-profit organization (501c3), and leading grassroots movement, devoted to making and fire and life safety education, awareness initiatives and life saving tools available on a broad basis to communities, campuses, and institutions in an effort to reduce national fire fatalities and fire losses. Live Safe aims to help finance fire safety education where means are otherwise unavailable. Live Safe is developing and sponsoring programs to help groups find the resources needed to advance individual and community fire safety.

Tags: Fire Safety Education, nfpa, sleepover, Washington Township
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Fire Safety for Kids

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

“Don’t play with fire,” might be rule number one for kids, followed quickly by “No running with scissors.”

There’s a good reason for it: fire can get out of control very quickly. There’s no margin of error for kids to experiment and screw up a little. Even an accident with the above-mentioned scissors, or a sharp kitchen knife, can usually be made better with at most a few stitches.

Don't play with matches!

A misplaced match can burn your house down.

How can you teach your kids about fire safety? In honor of Fire Safety Week, here are a few ideas:

There are two key areas you need to cover: what to do in case of a fire, and how to avoid starting one. Attending fire safety talks or classes given by your local fire department can help with both. You may also find that your child’s school covers some of this stuff.

Here’s what you can do at home:

Make sure all your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are in good working order. There should be one on every floor of your home, and near each bedroom.
Have a fire extinguisher in your kitchen, and near your bedrooms. Make sure it works; they do expire after awhile.
If you live on the second or third floor, consider putting an emergency fire ladder in your kids’ rooms. These roll up easily out of the way, and can save lives in an emergency.
Keep fire hazards out of reach of little hands: no preschooler should have unsupervised access to a lighter, for example.
As your kids grow, teach them safe ways to handle fire. They can start helping to light candles at the dinner table, build campfires and things like that.
Have a fire emergency plan, and practice fire drills at home. Be sure your kids know where to meet you safely outside the house in the event of a fire.

What other things help your family with fire safety?

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Tags: fire, fire safety, Fire Safety Education, kids, matches
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Fire Safety Reminders for College-Bound Students

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Fire safety tips for college-bound students who are going to be living on or off campus.

Very shortly, many college students will be on their way to college. Some will be living on campus or in off-campus housing. So, here are some safety tips that students should be aware of. All students should review these tips and parents, please share these tips with your child before he or she heads off to college this year.

Have an escape plan. Learn where all the exits are to make a faster escape in a fire emergency. On campus, there should be a plan in place already. If you don’t know what it is, the Public Safety Office should be able to tell you. If this information is not readily available or you are living off campus, take a few minutes to walk around and do your own pre-plan.
Know how to make a notification of a fire emergency . Find out where alarm pull boxes are and what number to call to report a fire.
If the alarm sounds, leave immediately and close the door behind you. Remember to take your keys should you have to re-enter the room if your escape route is blocked with fire or smoke.
Don’t hang anything from sprinkler heads. This could disable or block the flow of water, which is necessary to help contain or extinguish flames.
Make sure there are working smoke detectors outside and inside your sleeping quarters. Test monthly. Never disable a smoke detector or the fire alarm. These are installed to give warning to you and your neighbors so you can quickly exit should smoke or fire be detected.
Only use fire extinguisher for emergencies. They are there for you to use should you have to put out a small, contained fire. Don’t waste this equipment on a midnight water fight! For an extra level of safety, keep an ABC extinguisher in your room and learn how to use it. They are labeled with simple instructions.

Know how to escape:

If you have to escape through smoke, get low and get to the nearest exit. The cleanest air is close to the ground.
Before opening a door, feel the door with the back of your hand. If it’s hot, don’t open it. Find a second way out.
If you are trapped in your room, seal your door with towels, rags, or clothing so that smoke cannot enter from the hall.
Get out and stay out. No textbook, homework assignment, laptop, cell phone or wallet is worth going back for. You were lucky to get out safely once. You might not be as lucky a second time.

Article provided by, Wendy Liu. Wendy is a mother, and also the Public Information Officer for the Sayville Fire Department who also enjoys spending time volunteering within the community. To learn more about Wendy and preview her other article, please visit: http://sayville.patch.com/users/wendy-liu/articles.

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Tags: college, escape plan, escape route, fire prevention, fire safety, Fire Safety Education, smoke alarms
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CCFS and SimplexGrinnell discuss Higher Education Opportunity Act

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

CCFS and SimplexGrinnell discuss Higher Education Opportunity Act

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SimplexGrinnell Learn from the Leader Webinar Series. The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) is participating with SimplexGrinnell in their “Learn from the Leader” series of webinars. CCFS President, Paul D. Martin will present the Higher Education Opportunity Act – An overview of Campus Safety Requirements.

You’ll learn:

• The fire safety and emergency response and evacuation components of the Higher Education Opportunity Act
• The associated regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education
• Resources available to colleges and universities
• Best-practice examples of the ways several campuses are complying with the new requirements

A Certificate of Attendance Will Be Issued to All Participants

A Free Webinar – September 15, 2010 – 12 noon – 1 PM - (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Higher Education Opportunity Act:

An Overview of Campus Safety Requirements

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) lays out campus safety requirements for colleges and universities in a number of critical areas, including fire safety and emergency response and evacuation. While the law was enacted in August 2008, the deadlines for some key reporting requirements are now approaching. By October 1, 2010, institutions must include in their Annual Security Report a statement of policy regarding emergency response and evacuation procedures. Institutions that maintain on campus student housing must also publish an Annual Fire Safety Report that includes fire statistics and describes fire safety policies, practices and systems.

This free webinar will provide an overview of campus safety requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act and explore compliance efforts and practices.

Meet Your Presenter:

Paul D. Martin is the president of the Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) and chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention with the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Knowledgeable and highly respected, he has over three decades of experience in the fire service. In his role with CCFS, he leads the only national, non-profit, organization devoted to reducing fires at campuses across the nation through education and advocacy. Paul served as member of the negotiated rule making committee for the U.S. Department of Education, which developed the regulations associated with the Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act. He is active on a multitude of industry boards and committees, including Prevention, Advocacy, Resource and Data Exchange (PARADE), a program of the United States Fire Administration; National Association of State Fire Marshals; and the International Building Code – Means of Egress Committee for the International Code Council.

Tags: CCFS, Department of Education Grants, education, Fire Safety Education, Higher Education Opportunity Act, Simplex Grinnell, webinar
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Travel Treasures: Where There’s Smoke…

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

As the spring and summer travel season begins to kick off, please consider this travel treasure in your plans.

At some point in many people’s lives they were children who wanted to be firefighters. That’s probably because firefighters seemed like the closest reality could come to providing superhereos. After all, it takes a special breed to “run in when everyone else is running out,” as the saying goes.

That special breed is honored in Phoenix at the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting. The roots of the hall are in founder George F. Getz Jr.’s hobby of collecting firefighting equipment, but its current status is that of a monument to a heroic profession.

The Hall of Flame contains six exhibit galleries covering 35,000 square feet. The galleries are full of tools, machinery, vehicles and other items from all over the world. In addition to tracking the history of firefighting through the advancement in equipment, the hall also delves into the human aspect of firefighting in one gallary.

Called the National Firefighting Hall of Hereos, the gallery honors firefighters who have received citations, as well as those who have died in the line of duty. (More than 2, 000 firefighters have died since national records started being kept in 1981.)

Call (602)275-3473 or go online at www.hallofflame.org for more information.

Information courtesy of Home & Away Magazine. For more information about Home & Away, call (800) 282-7800. Or visit online at www.homeandawaymagazine.com.

Live Safe Foundation is an Ohio based non-profit organization (501c3), and leading grassroots movement, devoted to making fire safety education, awareness initiatives and life saving tools available on a broad basis to communities, campuses, and institutions in an effort to reduce national fire fatalities and fire losses. Live Safe aims to help finance fire safety education where means are otherwise unavailable. Live Safe is developing and sponsoring programs to help groups find the resources needed to advance individual and community fire safety.

Tags: Fire Safety Education, firefighters, Phoenix, Tourism, Travel
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