Elementary Academics

1. The Great Chicago Fire of
1871!

2. Fire Safety
Tips and Techniques

3. • FIRE SAFETY TIPS FOR AROUND THE HOUSE
PERSONAL SAFETY
STOP - DROP - ROLL
ESCAPE PLANS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
SMOKE DETECTORS
NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE!!!

4. Fire needs three things to live.
• Heat (flames)
• Fuel (wood, paper, books, cotton, etc.)
• Oxygen (air)
Take away any one of these things and the fire
goes OUT!

5. Firemen use this knowledge to fight fires!
• They use water to remove HEAT.
• They use Foam to remove Oxygen.
• They use axes and pike poles to
remove fuel.

6. Fire Fighters wear protective
clothing to stay safe.
• Helmets to protect from falling objects.
• Steel reinforced boots to protect their
feet and legs.
• Bunker pants/quick-hitches and coat, to
protect from heat and falling hot liquid.
• YOU don’t have this protective clothing.

7. Never Play with Matches or Lighters
•If you find matches give them to an adult
•Never play with a lighter
•If you see a lighter, have an adult take care of it
•Never play with fire of any kind
•Playing with fire can cause your clothes to burn

8. • What do you do if your clothes catch on
fire?
• Fire needs oxygen to live.
• Rolling takes away the fire’s oxygen.
• Running increases the oxygen and the
fire gets bigger!
• So What Should YOU do?

9. DROPDROP
ROLLROLL

10. Smoke Detectors Save Lives
• CHECK THEM EVERY MONTH!
• CHANGE BATTERIES AT LEAST
YEARLY!
• KEEP THEM CLEAN AND DUST
FREE!

11. How do You get OUT of a
House Fire!
• Smoke and heat gather
at the ceiling first.
• Stay LOW and CRAWL
out!
• Feel the doors and don’t
open a hot door!
• Do not stop for
ANYTHING!

12. E.D.I.T.H.

13. E.D.I.T.H.
E = ESCAPE
D = DRILLS
I = IN
T = THE
H = HOME

14. TWO WAYS OUT
• Plan ahead and
have TWO ways out
of every room!
• Through a door or
out a Window.

15. ESCAPE DRILLS IN THE
HOMEHow do you survive?
•Install Smoke Detectors and keep
them in working order!
•Make an escape plan and practice it!
•HAVE A MEETING PLACE OUTSIDE!
•Once you are out of the house, STAY OUT!

16. Have a meeting place outside!
• Near a Tree
•By the mailbox
•Next to the swing
•Anywhere away from the
road and the house

17. Once you are out STAY OUT!
• Don’t go back inside for anything.
• Don’t go looking for your favorite book.
• Don’t go to get your favorite clothes.
• Don’t go looking for your parents or
anyone.
• Don’t even go looking for your dog. He is
probably safe outside running around!
• STAY OUTSIDE AT THE MEETING
PLACE!

18. Should you call 911 before
you leave the house?
• NO WAY!
• GET OUT!
• Call from a neighbor’s home
• Tell the neighbor to call.
• Remember only call 911 for
emergencies.

19. PLAY IT SAFE!PLAY IT SAFE!
• Fire Safety is up to
you!!
• Keep yourself safe
and keep your family
safe by practicing
safety measures in
your own home!!

20. TheThe End!End!
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