This chapter discusses providing age-appropriate fire and life safety messages to different groups. It identifies prevention, reaction, and preparation messages and recommends tailoring the type and content of messages to preschoolers, elementary-aged children, adolescents, adults and older adults. The chapter also suggests differentiating between primary and secondary audiences and locating resources to support basic fire safety messages.

1. Fire and Life Safety Educator
Principles and Practices
2nd Edition
Chapter 7 — Messages for Different Age Groups

2. Chapter Overview
‣ This chapter identifies appropriate fire and life safety
messages for selected age groups. It also identifies
resources where one can locate information to support
basic fire and life safety messages.

3. ‣Differentiate among prevention, reaction, and preparation messages. (pp. 142–
143)
‣Identify appropriate fire and life safety messages for selected age groups. (pp.
143–164)
‣Distinguish between primary and secondary audiences and the importance of
providing appropriate fire and life safety messages for each of these groups. (p.
143)
‣Develop a list of age-appropriate objectives for each content area of life safety
messages (NFPA 4.4.1). (pp. 143–164)
‣Identify resources and locate available information to support basic fire and life
safety messages (NFPA 4.2.4, 4.3.1). (p. 165)
‣Recognize and select additional safety messages based on risks and activities
specific to the educator’s community (NFPA 4.2.4). (pp. 143–164)
‣Understand how national and local fire and injury statistics help identify the
safety messages public educators should be targeting. (p. 142)
Learning Objective

4. Section Slide
Section I: Introduction 5
Section II: Prevention Messages 6
Section III: Reaction Messages 7
Section IV: Preparedness Messages 8
Section V: Messages for Preschoolers 9-11
Section VI: Messages for Elementary-Aged
Children
13-16
Section VII: Messages for Adolescents 17-20
Section VIII: Messages for Adults 21-25
Section IX: Older Adults 26-29
Section X: Resources for Fire and Life Safety
and Injury Prevention Programs
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Chapter Content