Fire Safety

By:Liz Kolp

Allison RaboldAudra Westbeld

ED 417-02

Unit & Grade Level

• Fire Safety• 1st grade

Objectives

• Students will learn to stop, drop and roll

• Students will learn what a fireman’s job includes

• What to do in case of a fire• Not to touch matches or lighters

Materials

• Fireman with fire truck• Writing journals• Stop, drop, and roll poster• Eye Witness Reader Level 2 “Fire

Fighter!” • Collection of other fire safety

books• Emergency folder for fire drill

Websites

• http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm• Crosswords• Word searches• Fire Marshall certificate

• http://www.sparky.org/• Explore a fire truck• Coloring pages• Family activities

Websites Cont.

• http://www.smokeybear.com/• Story maker• Games• E-mail club

• http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1• Fire safety week activities• Cooking fire safety• Teacher directed website

Websites Cont.

• http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/firesafe/firesafe.html• Arson dogs• Fire lessons• Puzzles• quizzes

Student Activities

• Local fire department visit with a fire truck so the children can explore the equipment.

• Have fireman discuss importance of fire safety and teach stop, drop, and roll

• Write in daily journals about fireman visit and fire truck

Student Activities cont.

• Read books about the fire department and fire safety

• Review importance of fire drill, talk about procedure, and then practice fire drill

• Graph what you liked best from the fireman visit

Firemen

Fireman Visit

• Fireman will visit class in full gear and talk to the students about fire safety and stop, drop, and roll• Matches and lighters• Smoke detectors• Fire extinguishers • Exit drills in the home• Stop, drop, and roll

Fire Truck

Fire Truck

• Fireman will take class out into parking lot to explore the fire truck• Students will take turns sitting in the cab• Students will get to touch and learn about

the equipment in each compartment• Students will get to turn the siren on• Students will get to try on helmet and boots

Journal Writing

• After the fire truck exploration, the students will write in their journals about their experience with both the fire truck and fireman.

• Share writing with class

Fire Safety Books

Books

• Read Eye Witness Readers Level 2 “Fire Fighter!” by Angela Royson

• Compare book information to information from fireman.

• Provide collection of fire related books for independent reading

Fire Drill

Fire Drill

• Review importance of a fire drill• Go over procedure of fire drill and

why we do it that way• Have a mock fire drill• Discuss how it went after returning

to class

Fire Safety Day

Graph

• Have each student tell what they liked best about the fireman visit and compile a list.

• Tally results• Create a bar graph from tally

results

Homework

• Talk to parents about exit drills in the home and draw out the plan

• Complete a fire safety scavenger hunt with family

• Practice stop, drop, and roll

Center Options

• Place the websites listed previously on desktop so students can access them during centers

• Place books about fire in science center