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Staying Alive
| Name | Sharon Grice | | Situation | Promoting Fire Safety in the school has become the primary mode for this safety information to reach Marion County homes. In the past several years, Marion County has lost three youth to home fires and several more of our youth has been injured by fires in the home. It has become a tradition for 4-H to offer fire safety programs in the schools. After a home fire in Mullins, one of the youth were interviewed and asked about his experience. The 3rd grader replied that he knew what how to get out of the house because he just learned from Freddie the Cat at school. To the many families, it is important that the Fire Safety Program is
continually taught in school settings. | | Response | The "Freddie" curriculum is a comprehensive fire safety curriculum developed to teach children in kindergarten through fifth grades important fire prevention and survival skills. During Fire Safety week, I organized a Fire Safety Fair for kindergartens students in School District Two. The fire department helped provide programs for this event. Five stations were set up and students along with parents and teachers participated in a learning activity for 15 minutes each. Those stations were: Stop, Drop and Roll; How to make a 911 call; Hydrant Robot--Fire Escape Plan; Stay LOW and GO Safety Trailer; First Aid.
Information about 4-H was provided and the opportunity to receive 4-H newsletters was given. Each child received Fire Safety information and the parents were given smoke detectors. | | Impact | 253 youth and 23 parents participated in this event. All of the youth indicated that they enjoyed the event and also learned something new. Another important impact was that 37 homes were equipped with smoke alarms. |
Last update4/24/2008
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