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Fire Safety for Preschoolers
The Facts: 
Children are particularly vulnerable to burns and fire deaths. To prevent fire and burn injuries from affecting your pre-schooler, teach them the following fire and life safety lessons.
Tell a grown-up when you find matches and lighters.
  • Practice an escape plan.
  • Crawl low under smoke.
  • Cool a burn.
  • Stop, Drop and Roll.
    Teaching the above lessons have been proven to save lives. Together we can make a difference.
      Tell a grown-up when you find matches and lighters
    Matches and lighters are one of the leading causes of fire deaths among young children. Most children are fascinated with fire and try to imitate adult behavior.
    Teaching Tips: Matches and lighters are tools for grown-ups, not toys for children.
    Keep lighters and matches stored safely out of reach and sight in a locked container.
    Teach children to tell a grown-up when they find matches and lighters. They should not touch them. Remind smokers to keep matches and lighters safely out of reach.
    Continuous supervision of young children is the best prevention.
    		Practice an escape plan
    Young children often die in fires because they try to hide from smoke or flames. These needless deaths may easily be prevented by developing a home escape plan.
    Teaching tips: Teach children that a smoke alarm warns them of fire or smoke and when they hear the sound, they should start their home escape plan. As a family, develop a home escape plan which includes two ways out of every room. Make sure everyone in your family knows your family meeting place outside of your home. Practice your plan by sounding the smoke alarm and following your escape routes to your outside meeting place.
    Remind children never to go back inside until a parent or firefighter says it's "O.K."
    Once safely outside, call 9-1-1 or your local emergency number from a neighbor's hous    e.
    		Crawl low under smoke
    In a fire, smoke containing toxic gases and heat rises toward the ceiling. This means the cleanest air is closest to the floor.
    Teaching tips: Teach them to use an alternate route if they encounter smoke or flames during their escape. If they must escape through smoke, children should crawl on their hands and knees staying below the smoke where the air is easier to breathe.
    		Cool a burn
    Running cool water over a burn immediately will reduce its severity.
    Teaching tips: Children should be taught to always tell a grown-up if they are burned.
    Cool the burn by placing it under cool water for 10-15 minutes. Never use ice, ointments or butter on a burn. If the burn injury is serious, seek emergency help immediately. Call 9-1-1 or your local emergency number.
    		Stop, Drop & Roll
    STOP!
    Everyone can learn the simple life-saving technique of stop, drop and roll if your clothes catch on fire.
    		DROP!
    		ROLL!
    Remember to make fire safety part of your everyday life.