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Fire Safety for Public Education
Welcome to the fire and life safety public education resource page which is intented to provide educators with resources, materials, and links to valuable information to support their fire and safety prevention campaigns and instuction in their communities.
Pamphlets:
- Cooking on a Barbeque | Cuisson au Barbeque
- Portable Fire Extinguishers | Extincteurs d’incendie portatifs
- Smoke Alarm Facts | Faits concernant les détecteurs de fumée
- Fire Escape Planning at Home| Plan d’évacuation en cas d’incendie à la maison
- Kitchen Fire Safety - (English and French)
- Fire Safety for Older Adults | Conseils de sécurité - incendie pour les aînés
- 10 Fire Safety Tips | 10 conseils pour éviter les incendies
- Babysitter's Fire Safety Tips | Sécurité incendie et garde des enfants
- Fire Consumes Jobs | Les incendies coûtent des emplois
- Office Fire Safety | Sécurité incendie au bureau
- Carbon Monoxide Alarm Facts | Ce qu’il faut savoir sur les détecteurs de monoxyde de carbone
Office of the Fire Commissioner Life Safety Resource Guide:
The purpose of this resource guide is to equip all Manitoba Fire Departments with age-appropriate materials needed to teach fire safetey and prevention to children and youth at preschools, daycare facilities, schools, summer camps and those who visit the station for field trips an tours.
Life Safety Resource Guide (English) (French)
Travelling Sparky:
In 2016, the Travelling Sparky Bag was first introduced where Manitoba Fire Departments could request a "Travelling Sparky" bag to take to schools, use the education material in the bag to teach about fire and life safety, and then each student gets to take the bag home, which has a stuffed Sparky, and do their Home Fire Escape Plan with their family, plays the games, watch videos and have fun learning!
Many Fire Departmnets have made their own bags, and below is a list of the material and where to find it:
Where to Get Sparky Bag Contents
Presentation for Educators:
The Getting to Know Fire Presentations have been recently revised, and are a great resource for preschool age kids, all the way to adults.
Fire Safety PowerPoint Grade K-4 (English) (French)
Using the NFPA’s “Getting to Know Fire” curriculum, Power Points have been developed to use for presentations in schools. The first is for K-4 (can also be used for Pre-school). It is approximately 30 minutes and includes an 11 minute video and a 5 minute video and song. There are activities and song lyrics to use but both are optional. Kids love them because they are current, exciting and they get the kids INVOLVED!
Fire Safety PowerPoint Grade 5-8 (English) (French)
The second Power Point is for Grades 5-8. This is also about 30 minutes with handouts to use but they are optional. Fire Departments can set up a time to visit one class or request an assembly and involve more kids. The Power Points can be used by anyone.
Timings for the presentations can vary depending on questions from the students.
Additional Resources:
Fire & LIfe Safety Education Material Suppliers:
- For more information contact the Office of the Fire Commissioner at
204-726-6855 or 1-888-253-1488 or email: firesafety@gov.mb.ca.
