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    Fire prevention education aims to educate the public about reducing fires and their damage. Key lessons taught include stopping, dropping and rolling if on fire, maintaining smoke detectors by changing batteries twice yearly, and not leaving cooking appliances unattended. Firefighters visit schools to teach fire safety and help children see them as helpers, not threats. Playing with fire causes unnecessary emergencies and injuries.

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    Fire prevention education aims to educate the public about reducing fires and their damage. Key lessons taught include stopping, dropping and rolling if on fire, maintaining smoke detectors by changing batteries twice yearly, and not leaving cooking appliances unattended. Firefighters visit schools to teach fire safety and help children see them as helpers, not threats. Playing with fire causes unnecessary emergencies and injuries.

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    Fire prevention education aims to educate the public about reducing fires and their damage. Key lessons taught include stopping, dropping and rolling if on fire, maintaining smoke detectors by changing batteries twice yearly, and not leaving cooking appliances unattended. Firefighters visit schools to teach fire safety and help children see them as helpers, not threats. Playing with fire causes unnecessary emergencies and injuries.

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    The key takeaways are that fire prevention aims to educate the public about fire safety and reducing fire related emergencies through proactive measures. Many fire departments have a fire prevention officer who conducts these education activities.

    The main target audiences for fire prevention education are students, adults, and senior citizens.

    Some important lessons taught in fire prevention education include stop, drop and roll if your clothes catch fire and having working smoke detectors which can reduce the risk of death from fire by half.

    FIRE

    PREVENTION

    Fire prevention- is a function of many fire departments.

    The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public to take


    precautions to prevent potentially harmfull fires,and be
    educated about surviving them.It is a proactive method
    of reducing emergencies and the damage caused by them.
    Many fire departments have a fire prevention officer.
    In the general sense of preventing harmful fires,many
    aspects are discussed in the articles fire protection and
    Fire safety.

    Target audiences
    *Students-students are often the primary target of fire
    Prevention.firefighters will visit shools and taech students
    the basics of fire prevention.
    *Adults- it is important that `adultsalso know the basics
    Of fire prevention.teaching children and maintaining
    safe environments at work and home are essential
    to preventing dangerous emergencies.
    *Senior citizens- along with young children,seniors have
    been adentified as an at risk group,especially an
    hazardous situations.it is important that seniors have
    pre-planned their escape routes and have access to
    emergency exists,for example.

    Lessons of fire prevention

    Fire prevention education can take the form of videos,


    pamplets,and banners.often,the message and lessons are
    tips.effective and important lessons and message include.

    Stop,drop and roll

    If your clothing catches on fire,the most effective method o


    extinguishing the fire is to stop,drop to the ground,and rol
    back and forth to smother the flame.
    Don`t run around because it fans the flame

    moke detectors save lives

    Working smoke detectors reduce the chances of death in


    a fire by half.
    Nearly 900 lives could be saved annually if every home had
    working smoke detectors.
    Even just one smoke detectors reduces the chances of
    death by almost half.
    Nearly half of all fire survivors remember hearing their
    smoke alarm.
    Deaths due to fire have decreased by half since the invention
    of the smoke detector.
    Most deaths due to fire occur at night when people are sleep

    moke detector maintenance

    he most common cause of smoke detectors failure is missing or disconne


    batteries.
    uisance alarms are the most common reason for deliberately disconnecti
    atteries.
    ssing,disconnected,or dead batteries account for 73% of smoke detecto
    ailure.
    here are more homes with no working smoke detectors than there are ho
    ithout any smoke detectors at all.there are millions of homes in each cat
    moke detectors should be installed on every level of your home.
    hange your batteries twice a year.
    ean your detectors also.
    eplace the entire unit ten years.
    sconnecting your bateries, for any reason, is dangerous and illegal.

    Smoke detectors are just a start


    *Smoke detectors only wake you up.
    *Never assume that someone has already called the fire
    department. Or
    That it was automatically notified.
    *Know tonight what you will do if you are ever woken up
    by your smoke
    Detectors.
    *Make sure your family and friends know also.
    *If you change your bateries, wake up and evacuate
    immediately you are
    a hero to your family, friends, and firefighters.

    Don`t Just Leave to do Something Else

    *One of the most common reason for fires is how


    People often leave stoves,oven,toaster,clothing
    irons,barbecues,and candles unattended.Therefor
    one must always be aware when using the
    aforementioned appliances.
    Get out and stay out
    *Each year,many people are injured or killed because they
    reenter their burning homes.If you are lucky enough to
    have escaped, stay out.

    Firefighters are your friends

    One of the most critical jobs of a firefighters is


    earch and rescue. For young children,it is important
    hat firefighters are seen as people they can follow
    nd trust. A firefighters infirefighting gear breathing
    with an air tank can be scary. One way a child can get
    sed to or trust a firefighter is seeing a firefighter dress
    p step by step seeing that it is a person inside. Also
    eing able to walk up and touch the firefighter can
    eassure the child that he or she is real person.
    This has already been implemented by many fire
    epartments across the US during Fire Prevention Week)

    Don`t play with fire

    Playing with fire causes many unnecessary emergencies,and


    urts and kill many people,and is a leading cause of forest fire

    False alarms kill


    False alarms waste valuable manpower and
    resourses
    which may be needed desperately at a real
    emergency. Also,any time firefighters ride
    trucks,they are at risk.eighteen percent of
    firefighters deaths occur while responding to
    calls.

    Fire prevention week

    re prevention week is observed in the united states


    in october.
    *2009-october 4-10 Theme:stay fire smart!don`t ge
    burned
    2010-october 3-9 Theme:TBA
    Many fire departments observe "Fire
    Prevention Month" for all of October. Fire
    departments may visit schools, hang
    banners, give firehouse tours or hold open
    houses.

    Electrical Appliances, Cords, and Outlets

    re your electrical appliances in good condition, without


    ose or frayed cords or plugs?
    re your outlets overloaded with plugs from the tv,computer,
    inter,video game system,and stereo?
    re you over using an extension cord?
    o not light fixtures in your home use bulbs that are the corre
    attage?
    oes your home cantain GFCIs(ground fault circuit interrupter
    nd/or AFCIs (arc fault circuit interrupters),which prevent elect
    nd fire by shutting off faulty circuits?

    Other tips:

    eplace or profesionally repair any appliances that spark


    mell unusual, or overheat.
    on`t run electrical wires under rugs.
    ake sure lamps and night lights are not touching bedspreads
    apes, or other fabrics.
    se caution when using electric blankets.
    on`t let kids use kitchen appliances by themselves and supe
    ny art or science projects that involve electrical devices.
    over any outlets that are not in use with plastic safety cover
    you have toddlers or young children in your home.

    HAVE A NICE DAY

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