PUBLIC FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Preschools • Elementary Schools
Senior Fire Safety • Fire Safety in the Workplace
Smoke Detector Giveaways
To provide comprehensive fire and life safety education to 4 and 5 year old preschool children and provide comprehensive facility fire prevention inspections.
As a result of both the fire safety instruction of the pre-school teachers at John Adams Elementary School Preschool Program and the Fire Departments presentation, one of the Preschool students, who has a limited language, brought a kitchen fire to the attention of his mother. The mother was giving her baby a bath and had forgotten she had put something on the stove. The preschool boy saw the smoke and ran to the bathroom screaming,
"Mommy, come! Fire!."
The mother was able to handle the situation in a timely and appropriate manner. The mother was so grateful to her son for saving all of their lives. She was also very thankful to the teachers at school for helping her child learn.Present grade specific fire safety education to elementary students.
Education programs:
Kindergarten: Sparky ABC’s of Fire Safety 1st Grade: Promise Never To Play With Fire 2nd Grade: Be Cool About Fire Safety 3rd Grade: SAFE House 4th Grade: Hazard House 5th Grade: Reality vs Fiction 6th Grade: Power of Fire Each elementary program is scheduled for 30 minutes, with the exception of the SAFE House, which is scheduled for 45 minutes per class. The sixth grade program is scheduled for 60 minutes.
A comprehensive fire and life safety education program for senior citizens throughout the City. Provide comprehensive fire safety training to staff of adult care facilities. Senior fire safety programs as requested by Church, Civic, non-profit organizations and private individules. Presentations are provided using the National Fire Protection Association, Fire and Fall Prevention Program. The program is centered around 16 key messages. The messages are adopted into a nostalgia game. Programs are scheduled for 60 minutes.
Provides a comprehensive fire safety presentation to various employees of workplaces throughout the City. The training includes the development and approval of fire evacuation plans and requested fire drills. Presentations are provided in: Fire Safety in the Workplace. A video showing the cause of most workplace fires and ways to prevent those fires. A test is handed out after the video and participants complete the test. The test is used as a discussion tool. Handout materials are provided. Presentations are scheduled for 60 minutes.
Gift of Life
Provides free smoke detectors to families of newborn babies through the Alexandria Hospital. New parents return a post card that they receive in their new baby package to the Public Education Specialist , who forwards the request to the 1st due suppression company via a smoke detector request form.Companies make contact with the family and schedule an appointment to instal the detector. The companies make contact with the family and change the smoke detector battery on the baby’s 1st birthday.
Operation Firesafe
Smoke detectors are made available to anyone in the City that requests one. A phone number has been established and advertised throughout various events that citizens can call to request a smoke detector. The number is answered by the Public Education Specialist. Requests are forwarded to the 1st due suppression company.
