How To Teach Kids About Fire Safety And Prevention

By Nick Sylvester

It is very important to teach kids what to do to prevent fire accidents, but it's very difficult to keep them interested on the topic without scaring them off or without boring them. This article will help you, as a responsible adult to teach kids fire safety and prevention - the fun way.

Before starting a discussion about this topic, you should first know your objective or goal when teaching about fire prevention and safety. Usually, it's important we teach kids the fire hazards in the home and teach them the importance of correcting them.

Start by getting their attention, by asking them if they know what fire hazards are and if they can name things usually in their homes that might be considered as such. They will possibly identify smoking, child cooking alone, towel near the stove, and playing with a lighter or a match stick as fire hazards, but you must be ready with other scenarios or examples so they'd understand more. Also tell them that these dangerous things can be present in their homes so they would realize that they are not safe after all unless they learn what to do to prevent it. This realization will make them interested to you and will listen to what you have to say.

After creating interest, ask any of them if they know why it's important to identify and correct home fire hazards. The kids may think it's important to prevent their families from being hurt in the fire. Emphasize to them that these situations may not seem dangerous at first, like having a fireplace without mesh screen, but it could cause fire anytime. Remind the kids that they have to act and inform adults to correct fire hazards when they have time to do so. Also warn them that fire usually happens at night, when everyone is sleeping and everyone is unaware that fire has already started.

Provide illustrations if possible, like pictures of the kitchen, living room, and bedroom, or you can also play a game with them. For parents or relatives, involve going from room to room in your home. Ask them to identify fire hazards. It doesn't really need to show the hazard, simply ask them to use their imagination. You can also ask what the adults in their homes, or their parents did to correct the fire hazards. Tell them that they need not try to correct these hazards themselves unless they are the ones introducing it (like by playing with fire or playing with things that cause fire). Their duty is to inform us about fire hazards so we'd keep it checked and corrected. You can end the discussion by asking them to create a poster so it will serve as a reminder and to keep everyone in their home safe.

Whether you're a parent, an aunt, an uncle, a family friend, or a distant relative, it is your responsibility to remind and teach everyone around you, kids and adults, about fire safety and prevention. And, you will be surprised that by spreading the word and by teaching kids, you've saved hundreds of lives.

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